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The image shows a view from a shaded area beneath a thick canopy of branches extending towards the center. A high horizon line showcases an expansive body of water. Vague silhouettes of distant structures are visible on the horizon. The artwork features intricate dark lines for dense foliage and contrasting highlights indicating sunlight. The color scheme is monochromatic, with primarily black and brown shades creating a dramatic effect. A figure stands on a path close to the water, partially obscured by shadow.
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The image shows a view from a shaded area beneath a thick canopy of branches extending towards the center. A high horizon line showcases an expansive body of water. Vague silhouettes of distant structures are visible on the horizon. The artwork features intricate dark lines for dense foliage and contrasting highlights indicating sunlight. The color scheme is monochromatic, with primarily black and brown shades creating a dramatic effect. A figure stands on a path close to the water, partially obscured by shadow.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Villefranche-sur-Mer

Adolphe Appian

Date
1882
Medium
etching with monoprint inking on Japan paper
Dimensions
image: 14.8 x 25.8 cm (5 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.) sheet: 20.4 x 29.7 cm (8 1/16 x 11 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1985.53.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • etching
  • France
  • landscape
  • monotype
  • Coast
  • Villefranche-sur-Mer
Provenance

Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), Paris (Lugt 421)

Inscription

recto: in plate at upper left: APPIAN / 1882; below image at left in graphite: Appian; at bottom left in graphite in later hand: V.V.; at bottom right in graphite in later hand: effet de soleil couchant au bord de l'eau; verso: at bottom left in graphite in later hand: B2697; at bottom right in graphite in later hand: EC

Marks

recto: Alfred Beurdeley (Lugt 421); verso: none

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 66236. 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.