The Cemetery at Pronoia near Nauplia, ca. 1841–47, Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm), Paintings, Carl Rottmann (German, Handschuhsheim 1797–1850 Munich), In 1834, King Ludwig I of Bavaria commissioned a cycle of Greek landscapes from Rottmann that eventually numbered thirty-eight canvases (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich). This sketch is the most freely painted of some half a dozen studies for Pronoia (1846/47), which commemorates the burial place of Bavarian soldiers who helped vanquish the Ottoman Turks at nearby Nauplia in 1822, during the Greek War of Independence
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Cemetery, Pronoia, Nauplia, ca, 1841–47, Oil, canvas, 10 x 12, 25.4 30.5 cm, Paintings, Carl Rottmann, German, Handschuhsheim, 1797–1850, Munich, 1834, King Ludwig, I, Bavaria commissioned, cycle, Greek landscapes, Rottmann, eventually numbered, thirty-eight, canvases, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, sketch, freely painted, half, dozen studies, 1846, 47, commemorates, burial place, Bavarian soldiers, helped vanquish, Ottoman Turks, 1822, War, Independence
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