Cascades at Tivoli

1854

George Loring Brown

Associated Names
George Loring Brown

Artist, American, 1814 - 1889

The image is an engraved landscape of a rocky cliff with waterfalls cascading down. The perspective is from below looking up at the cliff with the waterfalls. A building, possibly a temple, is visible on the top of the cliff. The engraving uses detailed lines, cross-hatching for depth, texture, and shading. The color palette is monochromatic, using gray tones to depict light and shadow. Foliage and rocks surround the waterfalls, leading the eye up to the structure above.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Matthew S. Marks, Ltd., New York, NY); Dave and Reba Williams, Greenwich, CT, January 1987; gift to NGA, December 2008

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite, lower right: Sybil Temple at Tivoli; upper left: 6; signed: "G.L. Brown" in graphite, lower left; "G.L. Brown, Rome 1854" in plate, lower right

Wikidata ID

Q76550161

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