Intérieur d'un Port

1833

Eugène Isabey

Associated Names
Eugène Isabey

Artist, French, 1803 - 1886

The image shows a bustling port scene with boats docked alongside a stone embankment. Figures are busy on the dock, possibly unloading goods. A half-timbered building with a gabled roof stands out in the center. The background features masts of ships reaching towards the sky. The sky is textured, contrasting with the detailed architecture and human figures below. The color palette is monochromatic in shades of black and gray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.1 x 23.8 cm (12 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 43 x 33.6 cm (16 15/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.60.34

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Curtis 1939a, no. 68, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 61.

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

1939

  • Curtis, Atherton. Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographié de Eugène Isabey. Paris: Paul Proute, 1939.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 61.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone below image: lith. par Eug. Isabey.; lower right in stone below image: Impe. par Ch. Motte.; lower center in stone: INTERIEUR D'UN PORT; lower left in stone: Paris, publié par Morlot Galerie Vivienne No. 26; lower right in stone: London published by McLean 26 Hay Market.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: iez / + foi / 82122

Markings

BS: V. Morlot, Paris

Wikidata ID

Q75122166

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