Italie

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 322 mm x breedte 491 mm

Art Historical Context

**Italie** is a captivating lithograph by the Belgian artist Isidore-Laurent Deroy, created between 1838 and1841. Measuring 322 mm high by 491 mm wide, print exemplifies Deroy's skill as a master lithographer during the Romantic era. Deroy (1797–1886), known for his detailed cityscapes and landscapes, often inspiration from European travels, and the title *Italie*—French for "Italy"—suggests evocative depiction of the beloved Italian peninsula, a perennial muse for 19th-century artists. Lithography, the medium here, revolutionized printmaking in the early 1800s by allowing artists to draw dir...