Valley of Cadore, Italy
George Inness, American, 1825 - 1894
Geography:
Made in Italy, Europe
Date:
1873Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
16 3/16 x 24 5/16 inches (41.1 x 61.8 cm) Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Cat. 1007Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Made in Italy, Europe
Date:
1873Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
16 3/16 x 24 5/16 inches (41.1 x 61.8 cm) Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:Cat. 1007Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Label:
The village of Cadore in northern Italy was the birthplace of Titian, and its surrounding peaks inspired his art as well as Inness’s. This pairing of a preliminary watercolor and later oil of the same subject illustrates Inness’s working method: he established the broad planes of color and form in the watercolor, and then translated them into a luminous oil portrait of Monte Rite overlooking the town of Valley of Cadore.
The village of Cadore in northern Italy was the birthplace of Titian, and its surrounding peaks inspired his art as well as Inness’s. This pairing of a preliminary watercolor and later oil of the same subject illustrates Inness’s working method: he established the broad planes of color and form in the watercolor, and then translated them into a luminous oil portrait of Monte Rite overlooking the town of Valley of Cadore.
