Venise sauvée (Venice Preserved)
1895
Medium
lithograph printed in black on laid paper (proof before letters)
Dimensions
image: 44.5 × 28 cm (17 1/2 × 11 in.) sheet: 60.7 × 43.7 cm (23 7/8 × 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection
Accession Number
2016.108.1
About the Artist
Jan Toorop
Johannes Theodorus 'Jan' Toorop (1858–1928) was one of the most influential Dutch artists at the turn of the twentieth century, whose distinctive Symbolist style and flowing Art Nouveau lines left an indelible mark on European art. Born on December 20, 1858, in Purworejo on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), Toorop brought a unique synthesis of Eastern and Western...