Cemetery of Prisoners of War (Cimitero dei prigionieri di guerra)

1920

Luigi Bartolini

Associated Names
Luigi Bartolini

Artist, Italian, 1892 - 1963

The image shows a cemetery with crosses and gravestones scattered throughout the landscape. The horizon is not clearly defined, stretching into the distance against a light sky. The brushstrokes are intricate and lightly textured, giving the image an etching style. The color palette is mainly black and white, with shades of gray creating a somber atmosphere. Tall, bare trees create stark silhouettes against the sky, adding detail to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching [proof on Japenese paper]

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.5 × 33.8 cm (8 7/8 × 13 5/16 in.)
    plate: 8 × 19.3 cm (3 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.30.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800- 1925, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate: [rovera?] la natura canta. Uceelli e contadina giovanetta: I morti odono e / piangono la vita: alcune fiasche si mazzero ed un morto cosi mi parlo. La / breve vita che ti rimane pasiela a contemplare. Si contempla con la / punta dell'acquaforte e si porte: che lauratio [?] immenso: io godo nel fonde del cimitero / Ah pieta mio Dio e conservami in vita! / Ma lo il valore del luco [?] d'un uccello assomigliarsi ad un morto de aresse di que nate le mandibile / ed una carezza del vente more parre la carezza di un morto; by artist, lower left, in graphite: Cimitero di Prigioneri di Guerra. 1/2 Luigi Bartolini. 1920; by later hand, lower right verso, in graphite: n.11 £50

Wikidata ID

Q76561639

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