Eighth View of Italy
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 13 7/16 × 17 3/16 in. (34.2 × 43.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1476
Art Historical Context
"Eighth View of Italy," exquisite engraving from around 1770, captures the allure of the Italian landscape through the collaborative talents of painter Joseph Vernet and engravers Isidore Stanislas Henri Hel and Jacques Philippe Le Bas. Vernet, a leading French artist of the 18th, was renowned for his luminous seascapes and precise topographical views, honed during his nearly two decades in Italy from 1734 to 1753. This print reproduces one of his compositions as the eighth in a series, visitors a window into the dramatic beauty of Italy's coasts and harbors. Engraving, the print's medium, wa...
About the Artist
Isidore Stanislas Henri Helman|Jacques Philippe Le Bas|Joseph Vernet (French|French) · 1714 |1743 –1789 |1809
French, Avignon 1714–1789 Paris|French, Lille 1743–?1806/9 Paris