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Remembrances of a Scene near Auerbach
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About this work
Robert Duncanson’s trip to Europe in 1853 probably inspired Remembrances of a Scene near Auerbach. In the distance, a lake disappears into tree-covered mountains, and nestled into the hills sits Auerbach Castle, a German fortress that still exists today. Shafts of sunlight stream through the clouds, illuminating the castle and making it the focal point in the landscape. Like many nineteenth-century American artists, Duncanson was fascinated with Europe’s classical and medieval ruins as aesthetically pleasing markers of the passage of time and its effect on the landscape.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRemembrances of a Scene near Auerbach. ca. 1856. Robert S. Duncanson, born Fayette, NY 1821-died Detroit, MI 1872. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Drs. Richard and Barbara Wong. CC0.
