Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings Signed and dated (lower right): A. Achenbach / 1853
Provenance John Wolfe, New York (until 1863; his sale, Henry H. Leeds & Co., New York, December 22–23, 1863, no. 70, as "View on the Coast of Sicily, Storm Clearing Off," sold for $3000, to Sanford); James T. Sanford, New York (from 1863); Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, New York (by 1863–until d. 1887)
Exhibition History "Romantic Art, 1750–1900," October 1965–October 1966, no. 1.
Providence, R.I. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. "To Look on Nature: European and American Landscape, 1800–1874," February 3–March 5, 1972, unnumbered cat. [pl. 11].
Cambridge. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "To Look on Nature: European and American Landscape, 1800–1874," April 6–May 7, 1972, unnumbered cat. [pl. 11].
New York Cultural Center. "Grand Reserves," October 24–December 8, 1974, no. 103.
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. "Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: 'Das A und O der Lanschaft'," November 29, 1997–February 1, 1998, unnumbered cat.
Altonaer Museum in Hamburg. "Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: 'Das A und O der Lanschaft'," February 25–April 19, 1998, unnumbered cat.
References "Gallery of the Düsseldorf Artists." Bulletin of the American Art-Union 2 (June 1849), p. 12.The Landscapes of Frederic Edwin Church: Vision of an American Era . New York, 1966, p. 35, fig. 61 (detail).To Look on Nature: European and American Landscape, 1800–1874 . Exh. cat., Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, 1972, pp. 50–51, 55, pl. 11.Andreas und Oswald Achenbach: 'Das A und O der Lanschaft' . Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Cologne, 1997, pp. 84–85, 213, unnumbered, ill. (color).Apollo 147 (March 1998), pp. 50, 54, n. 8.
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