Andreas Achenbach - Coastal Landscape by Moonlight - image-1

Lot 84 Dα

Andreas Achenbach - Coastal Landscape by Moonlight

Auction 1083 - overview Cologne
15.03.2017, 14:30 - Paintings 15th - 19th Century
Estimate: 6.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 5.580 € (incl. premium)

Andreas Achenbach

Coastal Landscape by Moonlight

Oil on canvas. 66 x 89 cm.
Signed and dated lower left: A. Achenbach 87.

Moonlit landscapes began to appear more frequently in Andreas Achenbach's oeuvre during the 1870s and 1880s. These works represent the artist's later phase and include pieces such as the present work, a “View of a Harbour in Amsterdam by Moonlight” (private collection, Baden-Baden, also dated 1887) and “Harbour Entrance by Moonlight” (Landesmuseum Mainz). The pieces in this group are characterised by their subtle colouration and the same, lighter style that became prevalent in the artist's works as of the 1870s.