La Roche-Guyon
Camille Pissarro · 1866 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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A very early etching by the Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro, this view of the massive rocks at La Roche-Guyon reveals the artist’s painterly attitude toward printmaking. Using only the etched line and a layer of ink left on his printing plate's surface, Pissarro created a dramatic landscape filled with brilliant sunlight and soft shadows. Camille Pissarro favored rural life and lived in the small village of La Roche-Guyon during the 1860s, when this print was made.
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- Maker
- Camille Pissarro (French, 1830–1903)
- Date
- 1866
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- Image: 27.4 x 22.2 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Plate: 31.8 x 23.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43.5 x 32.8 cm (17 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
