Pastoral Life of Saint Geneviève (right panel)
c. 1888
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 49.9 × 29.9 cm (19 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 70.3 × 50.4 cm (27 11/16 × 19 7/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133309
Art Historical Context
Georges-William Thornley’s “Pastoral Life of Saint Geneviève (right panel)” is a striking lithograph created around 1888. As right section of a larger composition, the print captures the quiet rural existence of Saint Geneviève, the-century patron saint of Paris. Working in lithography on paper, Thornley took advantage of the medium’s ability to render soft tonal gradations and fine detail, qualities that made the technique especially popular among late-nineteenth-century French printmakers. Measuring nearly 50 by 30 centimeters in the image area, the work exemplifies how artists of the perio...