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Burial after the Landslide of Spiringen, Uri, 1887
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The painting is based on a contemporary event: it depicts the burial of seven people who died in a landslide in Spiringen in 1887. Stückelberg began the painting in the same year but completed it only in 1893 (cf. exh. cat. Basel 2003, p. 28).
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBegräbnis nach dem Bergsturz von Spiringen, Uri 1887. 1893. Ernst Stückelberg (1831–1903). Kunstmuseum Basel, Ankauf mit Mitteln des Birmann-Fonds. Public domain.
