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The image features an etching of a landscape with trees and an architectural ruin. In the foreground, there is a tower-like structure with adjacent arches, surrounded by trees with overhanging branches. Distant mountains are visible on the horizon. The artwork is detailed with fine lines and cross-hatching, creating texture and depth. The color scheme is monochromatic in shades of black and white. A figure can be seen walking along a path in the foreground.
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The image features an etching of a landscape with trees and an architectural ruin. In the foreground, there is a tower-like structure with adjacent arches, surrounded by trees with overhanging branches. Distant mountains are visible on the horizon. The artwork is detailed with fine lines and cross-hatching, creating texture and depth. The color scheme is monochromatic in shades of black and white. A figure can be seen walking along a path in the foreground.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Aux Iles Borromeo [Lago maggiore] (On the Borromean Islands [Lago Maggiore])

Giberto Borromeo

Date
1865
Medium
etching on buff laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.6 × 23.7 cm (6 1/8 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 32.7 × 50 cm (12 7/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2013.171.7
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • figure
  • Ruins
  • Tree
  • Sky
  • Building
Provenance

(Il Bulino Antiche Stampe. La Mandragola di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Inscription

upper right in plate: 63; lower center in plate: AUX ILES BORROMEO (LAGO MAGGIORE); lower left in plate: G Borromeo sc.; lower right in plate: Imp. Cadart et Luce Paris

Marks

crown

NGA object ID 163150. 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.