Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees (c. 1857): Art, History and Details

Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees (c. 1857) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Henri-Joseph-Constant Dutilleux (French, 1807–1865).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Unlike most cliché-verres, which are similar to line drawings, Dutilleux's thirteen works in this medium are extremely tonal. The artist described them as "monochrome paintings on glass for photography." Instead of scratching the design into the opaque ground covering the glass plate, as Corot or Daubigny had done, Dutilleux created the image by painting the plate with it.

Object facts

• Title: Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees
• Date: c. 1857
• Creator attribution: Henri-Joseph-Constant Dutilleux (French, 1807–1865)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: cliché-verre
• Dimensions: Image: 11.7 x 16.6 cm (4 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 22.6 x 28 cm (8 7/8 x 11 in.)
• Collection: PR - Cliché verre
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1997.179

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

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