Who created "The Port of Monaco"?

The Port of Monaco was created by Adolphe Appian in 1873.

Is "The Port of Monaco" in the public domain?

Yes, The Port of Monaco is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Port of Monaco

Q: What medium is "The Port of Monaco"?

The Port of Monaco is charcoal, black chalk, and gray wash heightened with white chalk on blue wove paper.

Adolphe Appian

1873

Medium

charcoal, black chalk, and gray wash heightened with white chalk on blue wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 23.4 x 38.4 cm (9 3/16 x 15 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1990.16.1

About the Artist

Adolphe Appian · 1818–1898

Adolphe Appian, born Jacques Barthélemy Adolphe Appian in Lyon, France, on August 28, 1819, began his artistic training at the age of fifteen at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. There, he studied under the landscape painters Jean-Michel Grobon and Augustin Alexandre Thierrat, initially focusing on fabric decoration for the city's thriving silk industry. This practical grounding in drawing honed h...

The Port of Monaco

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