On the Banks of the Loing: The Cart

1890

Alfred Sisley

Associated Names
Alfred Sisley

Artist, French, 1839 - 1899

The image shows a landscape view with an elevated point of view overlooking land and water. The horizon is high in the frame, with hills in the distance. On the left, there is a cart next to a road lined with trees and a fence leading to a small house. The road continues, flanked by trees, leading to a riverbank with two figures nearby. The brushstrokes are delicate and precise, resembling etching. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia brown tones against a light beige background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with bitten tone and burnishing on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.7 × 22.5 cm (5 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.1 × 30.8 cm (8 11/16 × 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.25.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1, state i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. Vol. 17 (Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, August Renoir). Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926, no. 1

Inscriptions

recto: in graphite, at bottom left: quatre eaux fortes de Sisley 3; in graphite, at bottom right: seul / 1 etat; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

fragment of Van Gelder text

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