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Source Description
This lyrical drawing on brilliant blue paper was done on a trip to Italy, where George Inness made a series of watercolor sketches of the Italian countryside in the vicinity of Albano. In contrast to the precision of his earlier Hudson River school paintings, in the early 1870s his work achieved a new freedom. This drawing is reminiscent of a classical Italian landscape, illustrating a broad expanse with a road winding through an Italian village, complete with framing trees in the foreground and ancient fortifications in the background. Inness made this drawing by applying wet washes one on top of another, intentionally creating a blurred effect, like that of a memory from the distant past.
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Document identity
localId
117908
label
Albano, Italy
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obj
dtoType
drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
117908
contentType
drawing
title
Albano, Italy
description
This lyrical drawing on brilliant blue paper was done on a trip to Italy, where George Inness made a series of watercolor sketches of the Italian countryside in the vicinity of Albano. In contrast to the precision of his earlier Hudson River school paintings, in the early 1870s his work achieved a new freedom. This drawing is reminiscent of a classical Italian landscape, illustrating a broad expanse with a road winding through an Italian village, complete with framing trees in the foreground and ancient fortifications in the background. Inness made this drawing by applying wet washes one on top of another, intentionally creating a blurred effect, like that of a memory from the distant past.
date
c. 1872
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80012648
creators
2493
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 32.6 x 24.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
cul
America
accession
1938.62
Source extras
tec
watercolor with gouache over graphite
tombstone
Albano, Italy, c. 1872. George Inness (American, 1825–1894). Watercolor with gouache over graphite; sheet: 32.6 x 24.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection, 1938.62
supportMaterials
description
blue wove paper
collection
DR - American 20th Century
inscriptions
inscription
Signed, lower right, in graphite: "G. Inness"
inscription
verso, by unknown hand, in graphite
inscription
Upper left: "No 11"
inscription
Lower left, in graphite: "No 21 [crossed out] 16 [circled]"
citations
citation
Francis, Henry S. “The Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 25, no. 6 (1938).
page_number
p. 124–31
citation
Lemonedes, Heather, "Visible Spirit", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 44 no. 07, September 2004
creditline
Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
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2026-05-29 06:06:18.177000
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117908
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Drawings
coll
DR - American 20th Century
med
watercolor with gouache over graphite
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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