Couple Resting on a Cliff

1845

Alexandre Calame

Artist, Swiss, 1810 - 1864

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.4 x 16.2 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.8 x 26.9 cm (14 1/8 x 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.129.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Calabi 1937, no. III, 34

Associated Artworks

See all 44 artworks

Oberland Bernois

Alexandre Calame

1838

Shipwreck

Alexandre Calame

1838

Trees Overhanging a Pond

Alexandre Calame

1838


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Daniela Laube Inc. Fine Art, New York); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1937

  • Calabi, A., and A. Schreiber-Favre. "Les eaux-fortes et les lithographies d'Alexandre Calame " Die graphischen Kunste 2 (1937): III, 34

2009

  • Daniela Laube Fine Art, Catalogue 6, 2009. no. 22.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: AC / Geneve 1845; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 1845 Calabi III, 39

Wikidata ID

Q76555071


You may be interested in

Loading Results