Ever since I first saw Arnold Böcklin’s painting in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, I have sought to discover its meaning. The subject is clear, the water of the Styx dark enough, this is the underworld. Perhaps the meaning is to be found here.

See also: unframed Toteninsel

Photo: Arnold Böcklin, die Toteninsel – ©2013 Honoré Dupuis