Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901), Self-portrait with death playing the violin (vintage reproduction)
Photogravure on paper, 41 x 33.5 cm (frame), 31 x 26 cm
Signed on d.: "A. Böcklin 4001 Photogravure Bruckmann" and "ARNOLD BÖCKLIN (SELBSTPORTRAT) photographische Union in Munchen".
Sketch and matrix made by Arnold Böcklin, reflected by Bruckmann in Munich in the second half of the 19th century.
Graphic framed in passe-partout.
Condition: very good (naturally yellowed paper).
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Arnold Böcklin was one of the most important European painters of the 19th century, associated with Neo-Romanticism and later Symbolism. His work had a huge impact on turn-of-the-century art, and his paintings - especially Island of the Dead - became icons of European culture.
