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| Keywords: Andreas Achenbach - A Windy Day - Walters 37155.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Andreas Achenbach A fishing village is being lashed by a violent gale The fisherman's wives struggle across the dunes to mount an old fortification at the left Beyond are an Argand lighthouse and the village houses with red tile roofs glistening in a shaft of light that has pierced the glowering sky Several men struggle to raise a blue and white signal flag at a post near the sea's edge <br/> The former identification of the site as the coast at the village of Scheveningen near The Hague cannot be substantiated The presence of a lighthouse in close proximity to houses did not occur at Scheveningen nor elsewhere given the danger of fire 1870 oil mahogany cm 59 7 80 8 accession number 37 155 5990 John Wolfe New York date and mode of acquisition unknown John Wolfe Sale New York 1882 no 32 William T Walters city Baltimore Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1882 Signature In red at lower left A Achenbach; Date In red at lower left 70 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Paintings by Andreas Achenbach German paintings in the Walters Art Museum Landscape paintings of the Netherlands 1870 paintings Black and white reproductions of paintings in color 1870s landscape paintings | ||||
