Souvenir de Bretagne

1832

Eugène Isabey

Associated Names
Eugène Isabey

Artist, French, 1803 - 1886

The image is a street view of a village in a black and white illustration titled "Souvenir de Bretagne." The point of view is slightly elevated, showing two buildings with timber framing and steep roofs on either side. In the distance, houses lead up to church spires, obscuring the horizon. The sky has rolling clouds, detailed with varying brushstrokes. The scene has varying shades of grey creating a monochrome aesthetic. A small boat is seen on its side along the cobblestone street.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.5 × 3.8 cm (10 13/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 49.6 × 33.5 cm (19 1/2 × 13 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.13.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Curtis 1939a, no. 61, State ii/iv

  • Series Title

    Souvenirs

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1939

  • Curtis, Atherton. Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographié de Eugène Isabey. Paris: Paul Proute, 1939: no. 61, ii/iv

Inscriptions

lower left: Eug. Isabey del / Paris publiée par Mourot; lower right: Lith de C Motté / London published by McLean, 26 Hay Market; lower center: SOUVENIR DE BRETAGNE

Wikidata ID

Q76561464

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