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Date

c. 1872

Artist

George Inness, Sr. (1825-1894)

Collection

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Image Link

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1938.62

Description

This lyrical drawing on brilliant blue paper was done on a trip to Italy, where George Inness made a series of watercolor sketches of the Italian countryside in the vicinity of Albano. In contrast to the precision of his earlier Hudson River school paintings, in the early 1870s his work achieved a new freedom. This drawing is reminiscent of a classical Italian landscape, illustrating a broad expanse with a road winding through an Italian village, complete with framing trees in the foreground and ancient fortifications in the background. Inness made this drawing by applying wet washes one on top of another, intentionally creating a blurred effect, like that of a memory from the distant past.
Inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: G. Inness ; verso, by unknown hand, in graphite, upper left: No 11 ; lower left, in graphite: No 21 [crossed out] 16 [circled]
Medium: watercolor with gouache over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 32.6 x 24.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
Accesion Number: 1938.62

Image Licence

CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Location

Albano Laziale, Rome, Italy

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