# The Bay of Rapallo [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BLECHEN, Karl]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on wood, 25 x 34 cm ## Commentary After 1829-29 Blechen's impressions of his travels in Italy were already taking him to the verge of naturalism.Occasionally his effects are theatrical, but these derive from the drama of nature itself, like the coming thunderstorm in this picture. ## Related artworks - [Alpine Pass in Winter with Monks]() - [Bathers in Terni Park]() - [Building the Devil's Bridge]() - [Fishermen at the Gulf of Naples]() - [Friedrich Wilhelm III's Palm Court]() - [Galgenberg]() - [Gorge at Amalfi]() - [Grotto in the Gulf of Naples]() - [In the Palm House in Potsdam]() - [Rolling Mill]() - [Sanssouci Palace]() - [Scaffold in Storm]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()