Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore
Artist
John Taylor Arms
(American, 1887 - 1953)
Date1920
MediumAquatint with etching; inked à la poupée, on paper
DimensionsPlate: 5 7/8 × 13 5/8 inches (14.92 × 34.62 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 16 1/4 inches (21.43 × 41.28 cm)
Framed: 17 × 22 1/4 inches (43.18 × 56.52 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/16 × 16 1/4 inches (21.43 × 41.28 cm)
Framed: 17 × 22 1/4 inches (43.18 × 56.52 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the Print Duplicate Fund, and exchange of the bequests of Mrs. Peter T. Bohan and Frances M. Logan and the gifts of Allene Reese, Fred D. Frick, and the Woodcut Society
Object number84-42
Edition/State/Proof6/100
On View
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Gallery LabelJohn Taylor Arms is celebrated for his architectural prints executed with breathtaking realism. He developed these prints based on detailed drawings, made on location, that could take more than a week to complete. Arms traced the drawings onto his etching plate, using the transferred lines to guide his etching needle. To create stunning, wash-like tonal effects, he employed the aquatint technique in which powdered resin is heat-fused to the plate and holds the ink more broadly than the etched lines.
The subject of this print is the 17th-century Palazzo Borromeo and its terraced gardens. The Baroque palace complex, likened to a tiered wedding cake, occupies the rocky Isola Bella, an island in Italy's Lake Maggiore.
The subject of this print is the 17th-century Palazzo Borromeo and its terraced gardens. The Baroque palace complex, likened to a tiered wedding cake, occupies the rocky Isola Bella, an island in Italy's Lake Maggiore.
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