Italian Landscape

1865

Maxime Lalanne, after Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Maxime Lalanne

Artist, French, 1827 - 1886

Claude Lorrain

Artist After, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image depicts a landscape with sailboats and ships on the horizon, a couple near a stone bridge, trees with dense foliage, and towering columns suggesting ancient ruins. The scene is rendered in monochrome with an emphasis on light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Carol and James Goodfriend

  • Dimensions

    image: 15 × 19.8 cm (5 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
    plate: 17 × 21.8 cm (6 11/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.2 × 44.8 cm (12 5/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.113.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Villet 2010, no. 24, state iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James and Carol Goodfriend, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892, no. 132.

2010

  • Villet, Jeffrey Michael. The Complete Prints of Maxime Lalanne: a catalogue raisonné, lithographs and etchings. Washington, DC: 2010, no. 24, state iii/v.

Inscriptions

by later hands in graphite across bottom: B132 L. ii; V 24 (iii/v)?; bottom center: (not deciphered); center: with sky changes; lower right: 172; verso in graphite: (not deciphered)

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