The Lake of Zug
Medium
Etching and mezzotint; proof
Dimensions
Image: 4 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (12.5 × 19.4 cm) Plate: 8 3/16 × 11 5/16 in. (20.8 × 28.7 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 5/16 in. (29.6 × 43.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.107.177
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Lake of Zug*, stunning proof print capturing the serene beauty of Switzerland's Lake Zug, rendered through the collaborative genius of J.M.W. Turner, Ruskin, and engraver Thomas Goff Lupton Created in 1888—decades after Turner's death—this etching and mezzotint draws from Turner's masterful Romantic landscapes, evoking the dramatic interplay of light, mist, and water that defined his style. Ruskin, Turner's ardent champion and influential critic, likely played a key role in its selection and publication, ensuring the artist's vision reached new audiences. The medium shines here: m...
About the Artist
John Ruskin|Joseph Mallord William Turner|Thomas Goff Lupton
Ruskin was the most important British architectural critic of the nineteenth century. While still an undergraduate, Ruskin contributed a number of articles on "The Poetry of Architecture" under the nom de plume of Kata Phusin to J. C. Loudon's "Architectural Magazine." He was appointed first Slade Professor at Oxford University in 1868. He is the author of "The Stones of Venice."