George Loring Brown

The Falls of Tivoli

Maker

George Loring Brown (American, 1814-1889), designer
S.R. Koehler, publisher

Title

The Falls of Tivoli

Year

1854

Medium

Etching on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Etching on wove paper

Materials

etching

Supports

light cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 19.7 x 13 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--on verso in LL corner in pencil:84.198.876 15In Plate--In LR corner:G.L. Brown Rome 1854

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.876.15

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Pilgrims of Beauty

Art and Inspiration in 19th-Century Italy

Feb 03, 2012 – Jul 08, 2012

Label copy

This print demonstrates artists’ ongoing fascination with the dramatic landscape of the hilltop town of Tivoli near Rome. The American artist George Loring Brown shows no figures at all in his image of the falls, emphasizing instead the steep vertical plunge of the water. Brown’s detailed rendering of the foreground leaves and shrubs suggests that he brings to this well-known place his own firsthand observation.

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Tombstone

George Loring Brown (American, 1814-1889), designer
S.R. Koehler, publisher

The Falls of Tivoli, 1854

etching on wove paper

Plate: 19.7 x 13 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches)

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.876.15

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