Ville d’Avray: Boatman on Pond (Evening)

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot1862

Details

Title: Ville d’Avray: Boatman on Pond (Evening)
Creator: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Date Created: 1862
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, upper right: “Corot”
Print State: Second of three states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1940
Materials & Techniques: Etching and drypoint on buff chine collé
Keywords: evening, genre, landscapes (representations), ponds, times of day, water
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published in third state in "Poésies Postumes" (Ed, Rouche, 1863). 30 proofs printed by Jules Michelin, who "bit" the plate.
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 81 mm x 127 mm (3.19 in. x 5 in.). Sheet dimensions: 116 mm x 180 mm (4.57 in. x 7.09 in.).
Bibliography: Beraldi 3 ii (vol. 5, p. 49); Delteil 3 ii/iii; Sagot-Le Garrec 136; Melot 3 ii/iii
Associated People: Created by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Accession Number: 1940.D1.63

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