ARNOLD BÖCKLIN, attributed to (Basel 1827-1901... Lot 3241

ARNOLD BÖCKLIN, attributed to (Basel 1827-1901 San Domenico near Fiesole) Nerva Forum, Rome. Circa 1856. Oil on canvas. 91 × 71 cm. Provenance: - Collection Johannes Niessen, Weimar/Cologne, c. 1862 (friend and fellow artist of Arnold Böcklin). - Kunsthandel E. A. Fleischmann, Munich, 1927 (label on verso). - Collection Hans L. F. Meyer, Lucerne, 1977 (label on verso). - Swiss private property. Exhibitions: - Basel 1927, Arnold Böcklin (1827-1927). Exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth, Kunsthalle Basel, 10.4.-6.6.1927, No. 46. - London 1971, Arnold Böcklin 1827-1901: an exhibition, Hayward Gallery, London, 20.5.-27.6.1971, No. 15 (label on verso). - Düsseldorf 1974, Arnold Böcklin 1827-1901, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 21.6.-11.8.1974, no. 16 (with ill.). - Basel 1977, Arnold Böcklin - Jubiläumsausstellung zum 150. Geburtstag, Kunstmuseum Basel, 11.6.-11.9.1977, No. 44a (with label on verso). Literature: - Rudolf Schick: Böcklin, Berlin 1901, p. 70. - Heinrich Alfred Schmid: Arnold Böcklin, in: Thieme-Becker, vol. IV, 1910, p. 181. - Heinrich Alfred Schmid: Böcklins Frühzeit, in: Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, 1926, pp. 204, 205, 208, fig. 16. - Ausst.-Kat. Basel 1927: Arnold Böcklin (1827-1927). Exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth, Kunsthalle Basel, 10.4.-6.6.1927, no. 46. - A. von Schneider: Die Böcklin-Ausstellung der Basler Kunsthalle, in : Der Kunstwanderer 1926/27, p. 373. - Ausst. Cat. Arnold Böcklin 1827-1901: an exhibition, London 1971, no. 15. - Ausst. Cat. Arnold Böcklin 1827-1901, Düsseldorf 1974, no. 16 (with ill.) - Ausst. Cat. Arnold Böcklin - Jubilee exhibition for the 150th birthday, Basel 1977, No. 44a. - Rolf Andree: Arnold Böcklin. Die Gemälde, Basel 1998, p. 227, no. 102 (with illustration). This view of the Nerva Forum in Rome was presented to the public in numerous exhibitions on Arnold Böcklin in Basel, Düsseldorf, and London in the last century and is impressive for its imposing size and richness of detail. Architectural vedute represent a rarity in the œuvre of Arnold Böcklin.