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Arnold Böcklin, Swiss

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WA-00044016

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (6)

Woman

1890 · Printed black ink on paper

Platemark: 15.3 x 11.9 cm (6 in. x 4 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

In the Sea

1883 · Oil on panel

86.5 × 115 cm (34 3/8 × 45 3/4 in.); Framed: 130.8 × 158.8 × 17.8 cm (51 1/2 × 62 1/2 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ruin by the Sea

1881 · oil on fabric

Framed: 132.1 x 102.9 x 8.3 cm (52 x 40 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.); Unframed: 111 x 82 cm (43 11/16 x 32 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Island of the Dead

1880 · Oil on wood

29 x 48 in. (73.7 x 121.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roman Landscape

1850 · Oil on canvas, several pieces joined

12 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (31.8 x 46 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arnold Böcklin, calling card

1840 · Graphite

Sheet: 1 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (3.8 × 8.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artwork sources (4)

6 published of 6 catalogued · 6 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Smithsonian
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Ruin by the Sea
1881 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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