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In the Midst of an Assembly of Elegant Beauties
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Ferdinand Olivier was probably inspired by the Italian sketchbooks of his brother Friedrich Olivier for the ideal landscape of this late work (Krafft in Exhibition Catalogue Basel 1982, p. 177). The painting, also known in literature as "Great Ideal Landscape with Abbey" and said to have been called Olivier's masterpiece by his friend Peter Cornelius (Grote 1938/1999, p. 344), was publicly presented for the first time at the Munich Art Exhibition in 1838.
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSüdliche Ebene mit Kloster. 1838. Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Olivier (1785–1841). Kunstmuseum Basel, Vermächtnis Emilie Linder. Public domain.
