The Port at San Remo (1878): Art, History and Details
The Port at San Remo at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1878, etching. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
The Port at San Remo (1878) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Adolphe Appian (French, 1818–1898).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Appian was one of the outstanding landscape painters of the 19th century in Lyon. He was also an excellent etcher who was extremely sensitive to light and atmosphere. He was able to create a mood with line and by carefully leaving a fine layer of ink on the surface of the copper plate which prints as pale tone.
Object facts
- Title: The Port at San Remo
- Date: 1878
- Creator attribution: Adolphe Appian (French, 1818–1898)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Type: Print
- Technique: etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 32.5 x 45.8 cm (12 13/16 x 18 1/16 in.); Platemark: 28.3 x 39.1 cm (11 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
- Collection: PR - Etching
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 2001.103
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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