Additional information
| Artist | Corot |
|---|---|
| Country | French |
| Region | European |
ArtistCorot, Jean Baptiste Camille
Artist Years1796-1875
Artist NationalityFrench
TitleSouvenir d’Italie
Year1862
MediumPrint > Etching
DimensionsImage: 11.7 X 8.7 inches
Plate: 12.5 X 9.4 inches
Sheet: 20.5 X 13 inches
Catalog ReferenceDelteil 5 iii
Description
Etching, unsigned, with engraved title and credits below the image, printed on heavy, fine-grained, pale-cream wove paper. Published in “Eaux-Fortes Modernes, Originales et Inedites” by the Societe des Aqua-Fortistes, A. Cadart & Luquet, Eds., Paris, 1862-1863. Mint condition, never saw the light of day, paper mounting strip still attached, uncut. Free shipping to US address.
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Accession Number395238
NotesAn extraordinarily innovative printmaker who mastered a variety of graphic media (etching, lithography, and cliché-verre or glass printing), Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) broke away from the dominant neo-classical and romantic traditions of the period, evolving toward a more naturalistic approach, while retaining a certain reserved, yet lyrical verve. As the guiding force behind the Barbizon School beginning in the 1830s, and a noteworthy precursor of impressionism, he pioneered the idea of working out-of-doors, rendering atmosphere, while his youthful travels across Italy (between 1825 and 1828, again in 1834, and a third visit in 1843) gave him a taste for airy light as well as poetic effect: his freely handled landscapes, ever enlivened with tiny figures, almost seem to breathe.
(source: Les Maitres des Arts Graphiques)
Price $3,800.00