Harbor with a Large Tower (Le Port de mer à la grosse tour)

c. 1641

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image shows a harbor scene with maritime activities. Men are loading goods onto small boats near the shore. A cylindrical stone structure is on the left, with sailing ships docked behind it. The landscape extends towards the horizon where more ships are sailing. The etching features detailed linework, a monochromatic sepia tone, and a sky with fine lines suggesting clouds. Small birds are flying in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to and within plate mark): 13.2 x 19.8 cm (5 3/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.47.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mannocci 1988, no. 39, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri Vever (1854-1942) (Lugt Supplément 1381); Christopher Mendez, London (sale, March 22-April 8, 1994, no. 29); purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1923

  • Blum, Andre. Les eaux-fortes de Claude Gellee dit le Lorrain. Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1923.

1982

  • Russell 1982, 29.

1988

  • Mannocci, Lino. The Etchings of Claude Lorrain (catalogue raisonné). New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988.

Inscriptions

lower left plate in the vertical margin: 9; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: L.M. 39 iv/vi Ex. Coll H. VEVER / -together with L.M. 27 III, A/v-

Wikidata ID

Q75125177

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