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The image shows a view from water level, looking over a calm expanse where multiple boats are floating. The horizon line is below the midpoint and features silhouettes of buildings and distant landmasses. The brushstrokes are soft and blurred, giving the scene a hazy, serene quality. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of gray and black against a light background. Closest to us, the reflection of the larger boats adds depth, while in the distance, land and structures are subtly present.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Antwerp: Sunset [Anversa: Tramonto]
Vittore Grubicy
- Date
- 1893/1894
- Medium
- aquatint and softground etching with monotype inking, proof touched with graphite and blue pencil on chine collé
- Dimensions
- sheet: 36 × 49.4 cm (14 3/16 × 19 7/16 in.) plate: 18 × 34 cm (7 1/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2013.30.19
- Credit line
- Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Landscape
- Water
- Boat
Provenance
(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.
Inscription
signed by artist, lower right, in graphite: Vittore Grubicy; by artist (?), upper right verso, in graphite: V. GRUBICY / DONO A / C. MARTINERI [?]
NGA object ID 160887. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.