The Port of Genoa

c. 1877

Adolphe Appian

Associated Names
Adolphe Appian

Artist, French, 1818 - 1898

The image shows a lakeside scene with sailboats. A figure is fishing from rocks at the water's edge. The view includes the sky with clouds, featuring intricate brushstrokes depicting details of the boats. The color scheme is sepia and black.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with monoprint inking [proof] on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 42.1 x 29.2 cm (16 9/16 x 11 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 42.7 x 30.5 cm (16 13/16 x 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.95.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Curtis/Proute 1968, no. 48

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri M. Petiet, Paris (Lugt 2021a) (1894 - unknown). (Artemis Fine Arts Sarl, Paris); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 120.

Bibliography

1968

  • Curtis, Atherton and Paul Proute. Adolphe Appian, son oeuvre grave et lithographie. Paris: Paul Proute, 1968.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: Appian; upper right in graphite: Appian; lower left verso in graphite: C.P. 48; lower right verso in graphite: 223023

Wikidata ID

Q76335095

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