'The Academy Courtyard (The Old Academy in Düsseldorf), Andreas Achenbach, 1831

The art academy was located in the former gallery building of the electoral palace from 1821 until the fire in 1872. The library, apartments and work rooms were on the ground floor. The professors' studios were on the first floor. Additional work rooms and the landscape class room were on the second floor. The sixteen-year-old academy student andreas achenbach painted the oil painting in 1831 within two months from the window of his parents' apartment. He depicted himself in the middle of the foreground with a drawing roll. Object Type: painting. Date: 1831. Dimensions: height: 65 cm (25.5 in); width: 81.2 cm (31.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Museum Kunstpalast. Die alte Akademie in Duesseldorf by Andreas Achenbach 1831