Help to name with painting

gordonleslie · February 16th, 2010, 08:50 AM

Hi,

Was backpacking in Berlin and visited the 'island of museums' in Berlin. In one of the galleries there i fell in love with the below painting so much that i took a photo of it but never recorded the name or the artist

. Would really like to look the artist up to see if he/she did any more like this.

Thanks for any help!

John · February 16th, 2010, 09:49 AM

Wow, I have never seen anything like that before. Possibly an allegory of the Black Death?

gordonleslie · February 20th, 2010, 09:04 PM

can anyone offer suggestions on how to identify this painting?

John · February 20th, 2010, 11:01 PM

I suppose you could make a best guess as to which museum it was in, and contact them by email via their website. Looks like a fairly modern painting (1800s?), so that might help you narrow down who would own it.

Here's a list of art museums in Berlin that have websites.

saintmarc · February 21st, 2010, 06:26 AM

This is Gustav Spangenberg (1828-1891) "Der zug des Todes" (The procession of Death) probably in the Alte Nationalgalerie

gordonleslie · February 22nd, 2010, 11:41 PM

That you very much for that - saved me heaps of time sorting through all the paintings. Really appreciate it!

February 16th, 2010, 08:50 AM	#1
gordonleslie Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 3	Help to name with painting Hi, Was backpacking in Berlin and visited the 'island of museums' in Berlin. In one of the galleries there i fell in love with the below painting so much that i took a photo of it but never recorded the name or the artist . Would really like to look the artist up to see if he/she did any more like this. Thanks for any help!

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February 16th, 2010, 09:49 AM	#2
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Wow, I have never seen anything like that before. Possibly an allegory of the Black Death?

February 20th, 2010, 09:04 PM	#3
gordonleslie Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 3	can anyone offer suggestions on how to identify this painting?

February 20th, 2010, 11:01 PM	#4
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	I suppose you could make a best guess as to which museum it was in, and contact them by email via their website. Looks like a fairly modern painting (1800s?), so that might help you narrow down who would own it. Here's a list of art museums in Berlin that have websites.

February 21st, 2010, 06:26 AM	#5
saintmarc Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 347	This is Gustav Spangenberg (1828-1891) "Der zug des Todes" (The procession of Death) probably in the Alte Nationalgalerie

February 22nd, 2010, 11:41 PM	#6
gordonleslie Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 3	That you very much for that - saved me heaps of time sorting through all the paintings. Really appreciate it!