Ruin by the Sea
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
unframed: 111 × 82 cm · framed: 132.1 × 102.9 × 8.3 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1979.57
Tags
male
About this artwork
The dark, ruined villa in this painting is made especially mysterious by the strange cypress trees tossed by the wind. A nervous green light flickers through the scene. Influenced by German Romantic art of the early 1800s, Böcklin was preoccupied with dreamlike images suggestive of death.