View of the Carmes de Caussées at Lyon
1807
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.8 × 30.6 cm (8 1/4 × 12 1/16 in.); Plate: 24.2 × 34.7 cm (9 9/16 × 13 11/16 in.); Sheet: 27.7 × 37.6 cm (10 15/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
108948
Art Historical Context
Step into early 19th-century Lyon through *View of the Carmes de Caussées at Lyon*, a delicate etching created by an unknown artist in 1807. This print captures a panoramic vista of the Carmes de Caussées—a site likely tied to the Carmelite religious complex in the bustling French city known for its silk trade and Renaissance architecture. Produced just after the Napoleonic Wars began reshaping Europe, it offers a serene snapshot of urban life amid France's turbulent post-Revolutionary era. Etching, the chosen medium, involves incising lines into a metal plate with acid, allowing for precise,...