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The Port at San Remo

Adolphe Appian1878

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Appian was one of the outstanding landscape painters of the 19th century in Lyon. He was also an excellent etcher who was extremely sensitive to light and atmosphere. He was able to create a mood with line and by carefully leaving a fine layer of ink on the surface of the copper plate which prints as pale tone.

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  • Title: The Port at San Remo
  • Creator: Adolphe Appian (French, 1818-1898)
  • Date Created: 1878
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 32.5 x 45.8 cm (12 13/16 x 18 1/16 in.); Platemark: 28.3 x 39.1 cm (11 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.103
  • Medium: etching
  • State of work: ii/iii
  • Inscriptions: upper left, in plate: Appian 1878
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: France, 19th century
  • Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
  • Collection: PR - Etching
  • Accession Number: 2001.103
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