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The image displays a street scene from a low angle, featuring tall stone buildings lining a narrow alley. Detailed line work with hatching and cross-hatching creates texture on the walls and cobblestone path. The monochromatic color palette focuses on shades of gray to depict depth. Close by, horizontal lines denote a cobblestone path, while distant figures enhance the urban ambiance. The sky is barely visible amidst the tall buildings.
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The image displays a street scene from a low angle, featuring tall stone buildings lining a narrow alley. Detailed line work with hatching and cross-hatching creates texture on the walls and cobblestone path. The monochromatic color palette focuses on shades of gray to depict depth. Close by, horizontal lines denote a cobblestone path, while distant figures enhance the urban ambiance. The sky is barely visible amidst the tall buildings.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Pistoia [In Pistoia]

Telemaco Signorini

Date
1872
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
sheet: 31 × 26.1 cm (12 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.) plate: 19.8 × 12 cm (7 13/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2013.24.1
Credit line
Gift in Honor of Carlotta Owens
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • architecture
  • Street
  • figure
  • Lamp
  • Building
Provenance

Eric Denker, Washington, DC; given to NGA 2013.

Inscription

lower left in plate: TS [monogram] / T. Signorini dis. e. inc.; lower center in plate: A PISTOIA; lower right in plate: C. Lovera imp.; signed by artist, lower right, in graphite: T. Signorini; by later hand, lower right, in graphite: 1000 [underlined]

NGA object ID 162276. 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.