Oil on canvas. Signed bottom center. Inscribed “[Mr.] Flamm” on the reverse of the stretcher. Titled “sorrentinische Küste” on the reverse of the decorative frame as well as with an old, typographically numbered label and an illegible handwritten note. 51 x 75 cm.
In the original frame.
• Albert Flamm captured the atmosphere of the Gulf of Naples in vibrant colors and warm sunlight.
• He was close friends with Oswald Achenbach throughout his life, taking several study trips to Italy with him.
• In the early 1850s, they lived with Arnold Böcklin in Rome.
• The painting has been family-owned for over 120 years.
LITERATURE: Friedrich von Boetticher, Malerwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts, Dresden 1891-1901 (reprint 1969), vol. I.1, p. 329, no. 62: Motiv bei Massa. Küste von Sorrent mit badenden Frauen. Abendstimmung".