St. Aignan, Chartres

1916

David Young Cameron

Associated Names
David Young Cameron

Artist, Scottish, 1865 - 1945

The image shows an architectural view with a historic building. The perspective is from a slightly lower angle, emphasizing the structure. The horizon is low in the composition, beyond the archway. The building has intricate design elements with towers and columns. The artwork depicts these with drawn lines and cross-hatching. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones. The details of stonework and shadows are well represented. Two figures are faintly visible under an archway, adding scale and activity to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.2 × 11.2 cm (9 1/2 × 4 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.9 × 21.8 cm (12 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.2502

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rinder 1932, no. 463

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and drypoints, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie and Company, 1932.

Inscriptions

in plate upper left: DYC; below plate lower right in graphite: D.Y. Cameron; by later hands in graphite bottom left: P1870 / St Aignan

Wikidata ID

Q64955298

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