European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Valley of Cadore, Italy Made in Italy, Europe1873 George Inness, American, 1825 - 1894 Oil on canvas Currently not on view Cat. 1007 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelThe village of Cadore in northern Italy was the birthplace of Titian, and its surrounding peaks inspired his art as well as Inness’s. This pairing of a preliminary watercolor and later oil of the same subject illustrates Inness’s working method: he established the broad planes of color and form in the watercolor, and then translated them into a luminous oil portrait of Monte Rite overlooking the town of Valley of Cadore. |
