In Giorgione's Land
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Moune G.H. Webster
Accession Number
1974.85.62
Tags
Art Historical Context
**In Giorgione's Land** a evocative print by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan a prominent Canadian-American etcher active in the late 19 and early 20th centuries. Created as a graphic arts print—likely an etching, given MacLaughlan's mastery of the medium—this undated work captures a romantic landscape featuring a castle nestled amid a lush forest. The "full length" tag hints at a figuresque composition, perhaps integrating human elements into the expansive natural scene, evoking a sense of timeless wanderlust. The title pays homage to Giorgione, the Venetian Renaissance master renowned for his poetic...
About the Artist
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born on November 9 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, though he is recognized as an American artist after his family relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1890. There, as a teenager, he immersed himself in the Boston Public Library's collections of old master prints, studying works by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, and eighteenth-century E...