Object Number 1980.0128 A

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

(Pastoral Landscape with a Waterfall and Figures)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Graham Dougherty, III

Creator (Role)

William Woollett and John Browne (Engraver)

Gaspar Dughet (Painter)
1615-1675
He was famed as a distinguished landscape painter working in Rome in the 17th century, painting decorative frescoes and easel paintings for major Roman patrons, including Pope Innocent X and the Colonna family. He is linked to a new genre of landscape, the storm scene, however his most characteristic works depict the beauty of the scenery around Rome, particularly near Tivoli. He was particularly interested in the shifting patterns of light and shade across a rugged terrain.

William Woollett (Publisher)
08/15/1735-05/23/1785
Woollett was apprenticed to John Tinney, an engraver in Fleet Street, London, and studied in the St Martin's Lane academy. His first important plate was from the "Niobe" of Richard Wilson, published by Boydell in 1761, which was followed in 1763 by a companion engraving from the "Phaethon" of the same painter. After West he engraved his fine plate of the "Battle of La Hogue" (1781), and the "Death of General Wolfe" (1776), which is usually considered Woollett's masterpiece.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1785-1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; W. Woollett & J. Browne Sculp,,\t
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Gaspar Poussin pinx,,\t
3. Inscription; Lower left; Sold by W. Woollett, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London.

Subjects

Landscape; Mythological

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

15.5 (H) , 18.5 (W) , 14.5 (Image H) , 17.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

39.3 (H) , 47.1 (W) , 14.5 (Image H) , 17.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.0 in. (38.0 cm). Plate W: 17.9 in. (45.4 cm). H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Woollett, William

Place of Publication

Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] 1980 Gaspard Dughet called Gaspar Poussin 1615-1675: A French landscape painter in seventeenth century Rome and his influence on British Art.
• Print listed as cat. no. 55, p. 55.