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William Stanley Haseltine

Amalfi, 1858

Description

Maker

  • William Stanley Haseltine, 1835-1900, American

Title

Amalfi

Year

1858

Medium

Pen, watercolor, and graphite on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • watercolor

Supports

  • Tan colored, smooth, medium weight. wove paper

Dimensions

46.5 x 60 cm (18 5/16 x 23 5/8 inches) (sheet)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in ink, LR: Amalphi 58

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Helen H. Plowden

Object Number

52.040

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty

February 3 - July 8, 2012

William Stanley Haseltine’s sketching trip along the Amalfi coast in May 1858 was one of the final excursions of his four-year study tour of Europe. Like other American painters of his generation, he was conscious of the abundance of painted views around Rome and eager to find new and unfamiliar subjects, such as this narrow valley with a road and bridge over a small stream. Working outdoors on tan paper, Haseltine explored the patterns of sunlight and shadow over the stones, a subject to which he would return in later paintings of the rocky shores of Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Such works show the influence of John Ruskin’s art criticism, which encouraged artists to study nature firsthand and recognize the individuality of every rock and tree.

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