Narcissus

late 16th century

Étienne Dupérac

Associated Names
Étienne Dupérac

Artist, French, c. 1525 - 1601/1604

The image depicts a landscape with a low horizon featuring high mountainous peaks on the left. The terrain close by includes trees, rocks, and rocky formations on the right, leading to a range of hills and valleys in the distance. The artwork has detailed strokes creating texture and depth, particularly in the trees, rocks, and swirling clouds in the sky. The color palette is monochromatic, focusing on black and gray shades to enhance the sense of depth and intricacy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16 × 28.2 cm (6 5/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil 1967, no. 63, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Linzeler, André. Inventaire du fonds français; graveurs du seizième siècle. Paris, 1932: I, no. 63

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur français, ou Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française. Ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de Bartsch.. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris, 1967: no. 63, i/ii

Inscriptions

lower right in tablet: S.P.F.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Stephan de Perac?(?) = / 28 B =507; [not deciphered] / No. 1876; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 27 cm / 40 / Sebastian de Passe / P 40; by later hand, lower left verso in brown ink: No. 293

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