● On view now — 219 19th Century European
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Who used to live in this crumbling villa on a lonely shore? Böcklin's eerie painting seems to beg the question of the building's history and the circumstances of its ruin. Haunted by the past, this scene also contains premonitions of future peril.
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Frederik Marinus Kruseman — Mediterende monnik bij ruïne in 
Julius von Leypold — Wanderer in the Storm
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900) — Storm in the M
Christen Købke — Gateway in the Via Sepulcralis in Pompeii
Carl Gustav Carus — Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monas
François Marius Granet — View in the Stables of the Villa of
Rudolf von Alt (Austrian, 1812–1905) — Ruin of a Church
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes — Landscape with Ruins
Jules Breton — The Ruins of Saint Bavo’s Abbey in Ghent
Carl Gustav Carus — An Overgrown Mineshaft
Ernst Fries (German, 1801–1833) — Six Views of Heidelberg Ca
Arnold Böcklin — Island of the Dead
