How many “Villa am Meer” did Böcklin paint?

19 Sep, 2026

● The “circa 1863” version, Neue Pinakothek (München):

● The 1864 version aka “version I”, Schack-Galerie (München):

● The 1865 version aka “version II”, Schack-Galerie (München):

● A version from “between circa 1871 and circa 1874”, Städel Museum:

● The 1877 version, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart:

● The 1878 version, Kunstmuseum Winterthur:

The same version in a grotesque digitization, also on Wikimedia, and labeled “5th version”:

● Now tell me what’s the deal with this image used on LiberLiber.it:

Is it a fake? It looks like a Gobelin-style needlepoint. This must definitely be the actual pattern for a needlepoint tapestry, loosely inspired by the 1865 version of Böcklin’s “Villa am Meer”! One more time, the 1865 version: