Landscape with a Mill

c. 1650

Dominique Barrière after Titian

Associated Names
Dominique Barrière

Artist, French, probably 1610/1620 - 1678

Titian

Artist After, Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576

The image displays a landscape with a village situated in a rocky terrain. Various structures, trees, and cliffs fill the composition. The horizon is not clearly visible. The scene is depicted using detailed engraving strokes, creating texture in shades of gray and black on a light background. The foreground features boulders, a rocky ground, and mill structures with water wheels. Rustic buildings are seen arranged on different levels, supported by surrounding rock formations. A river winds through buildings in the middle ground, leading towards mountains in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 24.8 x 32.5 cm (9 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.18.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 183

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Ticianus Inv / Domenico Bariera Fe; lower right in plate: Gio Giacomo Rossi Formi Roma alla Pace; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: R-D Vol III / No 183

Wikidata ID

Q76338352

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