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Source Description
Unlike most cliché-verres, which are similar to line drawings, Dutilleux's thirteen works in this medium are extremely tonal. The artist described them as "monochrome paintings on glass for photography." Instead of scratching the design into the opaque ground covering the glass plate, as Corot or Daubigny had done, Dutilleux created the image by painting the plate with it.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
159878
label
Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees
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obj
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print
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1
Source metadata
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159878
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print
title
Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees
description
Unlike most cliché-verres, which are similar to line drawings, Dutilleux's thirteen works in this medium are extremely tonal. The artist described them as "monochrome paintings on glass for photography." Instead of scratching the design into the opaque ground covering the glass plate, as Corot or Daubigny had done, Dutilleux created the image by painting the plate with it.
date
c. 1857
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79980201
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7954
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Print
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 11.7 x 16.6 cm (4 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 22.6 x 28 cm (8 7/8 x 11 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
1997.179
Source extras
tec
cliché-verre
tombstone
Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees, c. 1857. Henri-Joseph-Constant Dutilleux (French, 1807–1865). Cliché-verre; image: 11.7 x 16.6 cm (4 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.); secondary support: 22.6 x 28 cm (8 7/8 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1997.179
supportMaterials
description
photo-sensitive wove paper hinged to a secondary wove support
collection
PR - Cliché verre
catalogueRaisonne
Glassman and Symmes 55
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:17:41.377000
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159878
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Prints
coll
PR - Cliché verre
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cliché-verre
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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