Antwerp: Sunset [Anversa: Tramonto]

1893/1894

Vittore Grubicy

Associated Names
Vittore Grubicy

Artist, Italian, 1851 - 1920

The image shows a view from water level, looking over a calm expanse where multiple boats are floating. The horizon line is below the midpoint and features silhouettes of buildings and distant landmasses. The brushstrokes are soft and blurred, giving the scene a hazy, serene quality. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray and black against a light background. Closest to us, the reflection of the larger boats adds depth, while in the distance, land and structures are subtly present.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint and softground etching with monotype inking, proof touched with graphite and blue pencil on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36 × 49.4 cm (14 3/16 × 19 7/16 in.)
    plate: 18 × 34 cm (7 1/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.30.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foglia 1996, no. 22, State only

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.

Bibliography

1996

  • Foglia, Patrizia. "Vittore Grubicij de Dragon: Catalogo delle incisioni." Grafica d'arte 7 (April-June 1996): no. 22

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right, in graphite: Vittore Grubicy; by artist (?), upper right verso, in graphite: V. GRUBICY / DONO A / C. MARTINERI [?]

Wikidata ID

Q76561661

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