Jakob Christoph Miville
Romantic landscapes of vast nature
Born in Basel, Jakob Christoph Miville was a widely traveled painter and draftsman. A sojourn in Rome and tours of the Alps informed his early heroic landscapes. But it was only during his stay in Russia (1809 –1817) that he developed his distinctive feeling for nature: the vast expanses and sceneries he encountered in Crimea and the Caucasus inspired his evolution into a Romantic landscape artist. He returned to his native city with an extensive collection of sketches and studies, which served as the foundation for the paintings he continued to produce in Switzerland.
Artworks by this artist
- Portrait of the Artist’s Brother, Achilles Miville-Baumann 1824
- View from the Muttenz Quarry toward Basel and the Plains of the Rhine River
- Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Maria Magdalena Miville-Lotz II 1824
- Portrait of the Artist’s Sister-in-Law, Rosina Miville-Krug 1824
- Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Maria Magdalena Miville-Lotz 1824
- In the village of Meiringen towards the Well- and Wetterhorn
- Nordische Landschaft, Blick auf das Dorf Baldohn 1809[-]1816
- Blick über die Berge bei Lecco 1807
- Meeresküste bei Libau (Liepãja) 1810
- Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Maria Magdalena Miville-Lotz 1824-25
- Reichenbach Falls and the Wetterhorn
- Hochgebirgslandschaft mit Wolken 1807[-]1809
- Weite nordische Landschaft 1809[-]1816
- Portrait of the Artist’s Brother-in-Law, Dr. Johannes Kissel-Miville 1824
- Self-Portrait 1824
- Reiterin vor einem Abgrund 1805
- Portrait of the Artist’s Sister-in-Law, Elise Miville-Baumann 1824
- Baumstudie vor Landschaft 1805[-]1807
- Portrait of the Artist’s Brother, Heinrich Miville-Krug 1824
- Heroische Küstenlandschaft 1805[-]1807