Spiritus sanctus Deus

1894

Charles-Marie Dulac

Associated Names
Charles-Marie Dulac

Artist, French, 1865 - 1898

The image shows a landscape with a high horizon, trees, swirling clouds, a pathway with geometric patterns, and a monochromatic color palette dominated by warm sepia tones. The trees in the distance appear sketch-like while those closer by are more detailed, creating depth in the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph printed in red-brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 37.8 × 49.9 cm (14 7/8 × 19 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 49 × 64 cm (19 5/16 × 25 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.185.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1800): no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood, MD); purchased by NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • IFF (1800): no. 2

Inscriptions

lower right in image: C. Dulac; lower right in stone: SPIRITUS SANCTE DEUS / 4; lower left in graphite: Ch Dl; by later hand, lower right in graphite:Le Vent (Térasse à Vézelay) Cantique des Créatures, pl. IV

Wikidata ID

Q77006218

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