Sketchbook of Italian Landscape Subjects
1869
Medium
Drawings in watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on blue wove paper, bound in cloth-covered boards
Dimensions
Cover: 4 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (12.1 x 23.5 cm) Sheets: 4 7/16 x 8 7/8 in. (11.3 x 22.5 cm)
Classification
Sketchbook
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1982
Accession Number
1982.217
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intimate world of Jervis Mctee's *Sketchbook of Italian Landscape*, created in 1869. This American artist's compact volume captures the dramatic beauty of Italy's varied terrains—from rugged hills to sunlit vistas—during a period when many U.S. painters traveled abroad for inspiration. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing (Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1982), it a personal glimpse into McEntee's on-the-go creativity. Bound in cloth-covered boards, the sketchbook features 20 sheets of blue wove paper, each measuring 4 7/16 x 8 7/8 inches. McEntee employed a versatile ...
About the Artist
Jervis McEntee · 1828–1891
Hudson River School painter who divided his time between a studio in the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York and the Hudson River. He specialized in sober autumnal and winter landscapes.