Arnold Böcklin
The Sanctuary of Hercules
1884113.8 x 180.5 cm
Oil on wood
Signed lower right: AB
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 592
Provenance
Dr. Carl Steinbart (1852-1923), Berlin, by 1885
with Kunsthandlung Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, in 1886
Julie Ginsberg, Berlin, by 1897
Dr. Arthur von Weinberg (1860-1943), Frankfurt-am-Main, by 1904
by inheritance to his adopted daughters, Charlotte Frederike, Princess Ferdinand Lobkowicz (1896-1973), Frankfurt-am-main, and Marie Elisabeth, Gräfin von Spreti (1892-1969)
presumably by inheritance to Marie Elisabeth's daughter, Alexandra-Beatrix Scherping (born 1929, née Countess von Spreti), Schloss Pähl, Bavaria
with Galerie Bruno Meissner, Zurich, by 1975
purchased 1976 by NGA
Other works by Arnold Böcklin
Island of the Dead
1880
1880
In the Sea
1883
1883
The Holy Grove
1886
1886
Diana's Hunt
1896
1896
Self-Portrait
1875/76
1875/76