Il calar della notte (Nightfall)

c. 1902

Luigi Conconi

Associated Names
Luigi Conconi

Artist, Italian, 1852 - 1917

The image is viewed from a slightly elevated angle. The horizon is not prominently defined, and a large, rocky or mountainous form dominates the right half of the composition. The lines show a meticulous, textured technique creating an intricate surface. The color palette consists of various shades of gray and black. Delicate leafy branches frame the scene from the top left and right corners, adding an organic element to the structured, rocky form in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black with monotype wiping on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26 × 23.4 cm (10 1/4 × 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 64.9 × 46.5 cm (25 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.147.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bianchi-Ginex 1994, no. 36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(La Portantina di Mattia Jona, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

  • Mezzetti, Amalia.L'acquaforte lombarda nella seconda metà dell'800. Milan, 1935: no. 270.

1994

  • Bianchi, Matteo, and Giovanna Ginex, eds.Luigi Conconi: incisore. Milan, 1994, no. 36

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: LConconi

Wikidata ID

Q77260803

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