The Coast of Elba

1870?

Telemaco Signorini

Associated Names
Telemaco Signorini

Artist, Italian, 1835 - 1901

The image shows a coastal scene with a pebbled beach on the right meeting a grassy hill. The horizon is above the midline, the sea meets the sky, and there is a lighthouse in the distance on a land outcrop. An old boat rests on the beach near where the pebbles meet the sand. The sky has textured clouds indicating an overcast day. The image uses a monochromatic palette of gray, black, and white. The technique seems to use fine strokes, possibly etching, giving the scene detailed precision and softness.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [proof]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.7 × 26.2 cm (7 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.8 × 37.9 cm (11 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.48.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Migliavacca 1998, undesc.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kunstantiquariat Stephan List, Munich); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998

  • Migliavacca, Silvia. "Telemaco Signorini, primi contributi per un catalogo dell'opera incisa e litografica". Grafica d'Arte. XXXVI
    (Oct-Dec 1998): undesc

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: TS (in monogram); lower right in graphite: 3/4; lower verso, in graphite: MZ. I Abdruck Telem Signorini; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 265005 10165

Wikidata ID

Q77008407

You may be interested in

Loading Results