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L'Île des morts

1880
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 800
De 1880 à 1886, Böcklin peignit cinq versions de ce même thème, qui devint l’un des motifs favoris de l’Allemagne en cette fin de XIXe siècle. Celle-ci est la deuxième. Il s’agit d’une commande de Marie Berna, qui avait vu la première (maintenant au Kunstmuseum Basel), encore inachevée, sur un chevalet, dans l’atelier florentin de Böcklin, en avril 1880. À sa demande, l’artiste ajouta le canot à rames qui transporte une veuve voilée de blanc et un cercueil enveloppé d’une étoffe vers une île rocheuse aux falaises creusées de tombeaux. C’est une allusion à la mort du mari de Mme Berna, survenue quelques années plus tôt.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: L'Île des morts
  • Artiste: Arnold Böcklin, Suisse, 1827–1901
  • Date: 1880
  • Technique: Huile sur toile
  • Dimensions: 73,7 x 121,9 cm
  • Crédits: Fonds Reisinger, 1926
  • Accession Number: 26.9
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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