View of the Tiber at Rome
Artist
Arthur Pond
(English, ca. 1705 - 1758)
Artist After
Claude Gellée, called Le Lorrain
(French, 1604/1605 - 1682)
Date1735
MediumEtching and three woodblocks; printed in brown (inset within sheet)
DimensionsPlate: 8 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (21.26 × 26.67 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 20 7/8 inches (36.2 × 53.01 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 20 7/8 inches (36.2 × 53.01 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Print Duplicate Fund
Object numberF93-20
Signed(plate, l.l).: AP monogram (plate, l.r.): "Claudio Gellée"
Edition/State/ProofAP
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionStepped, stony bank, right, with two figures at top, overlooking diagonal river extending from lower left corner. On far shore, beyond trees, dome of St. Peter's, left; villa with tower, center; top of Castel Sant' Angleo, nearest to bank right.Exhibition HistoryThe Art of Book Illustration: Prints from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 13, 1994-January 8, 1995.
Looking at Historic Lands: Urban and Rural, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, September 26, 2006-April 1, 2007.
Looking at Historic Lands: Urban and Rural, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, February 15-June 10, 2012.
Purchased from Christopher Mendez, London, through the Print Duplicate Fund, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1993.
George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995 (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 284, as View of the Tiber at Rome.
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