Capo Sant'Angelo, Amalfi

c. 1885

Edward Lear

Associated Names
Edward Lear

Artist, British, 1812 - 1888

The image shows a landscape with a rugged coastline viewed from an elevated perspective. The composition features cliffs, the sea, and the horizon in a detailed pen and ink style with cross-hatching and parallel lines creating texture and depth. The color scheme is monochromatic sepia, emphasizing light and shadow to highlight the rugged cliffs. The composition includes sharp cliffs on the left leading to jagged peaks in the distance and a smooth sea reaching towards the horizon on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36 x 54 cm (14 3/16 x 21 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.96

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Osbert Sitwell; (Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1968-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1971

  • Master Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA; Gordon Avenue Branch, McIntire Public Library, Charlottesville, VA; Averett College, Danville, VA, 1971-1972.

Inscriptions

upper left corner in brown ink: 37; upper left border in brown ink: One showed an iron coast; upper right border in brown ink: Capo Sant'Angelo, Amalfi (Italy); by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 5850 / Lear

Watermarks

AN 1872 (partial watermark)

Wikidata ID

Q64557521

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