Venise sauvée (Venice Preserved)

1895

Jan Toorop

Associated Names
Jan Toorop

Artist, Dutch, 1858 - 1928

The image features swirling lines and shapes creating movement and energy. The lines resemble flames or waves around two figures with elongated faces, reminiscent of classical sculptures. Above these faces are swirling patterns suggesting hair or smoke. In the lower portion, a shadowy face with an intense gaze emerges from swirling patterns resembling mist or water. Beside the main design is a vertical column of small mask-like faces, each with distinct features. The scene is framed with decorative floral patterns and abstract shapes, evoking a sense of theatrical grandeur.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper (proof before letters)

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 44.5 × 28 cm (17 1/2 × 11 in.)
    sheet: 60.7 × 43.7 cm (23 7/8 × 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.108.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Verbeek 1969, no. 15, State undesc. proof

  • Series Title

    Théâtre de l'Oeuvre

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Swann Galleries, New York, 28 April 2016, no. 94); (via C. G. Boerner, New York); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • J. Verbeek. Jan Toroop, 1858 - 1928. Amsterdam, 1969: no. 15, undesc. proof

Inscriptions

lower center in image: L'OEUVRE ADMINISTRATION / 23 RUE TURGOT / lower left in image: JAN TOROOP (in reverse); by later hand, lower right in brown ink: Epreuve avant la lettre n. 3 / [not deciphered] M. J. M. Gros / [not deciphered] "Venise sauvée" / de la parte de l'Oeuvre; by later hand, verso in black crayon: III 50 - 65

Watermarks

Arches

Wikidata ID

Q77258393

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