A Family at Terracina

Jean-Baptiste Camille CorotWW-1871-061512

1871·Transfer lithograph printed in brown on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper·Image: 26.3 × 40.7 cm (10 3/8 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 40.3 × 56.8 cm (15 7/8 × 22 3/8 in.)

Corot's twelve lithographs published as Douze Croquis were made by the process of transfer lithography, whereby the artist makes his drawing on paper rather than directly on the lithographic stone. The image on paper is then transferred to the stone's surface. The Douze Croquis embodied the aesthetic of the lithography revival of the 1870s, when lithography was seen as a means to multiply drawings rather than as a medium to be exploited for its own unique resources. This portfolio was one of the first to be marketed in a limited edition (of 50), which gave the publication the cachet of "rarity" and also ensured uniformly high printing quality.

Catalogue

Year: 1871
Medium: Transfer lithograph printed in brown on cream China paper laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 26.3 × 40.7 cm (10 3/8 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 40.3 × 56.8 cm (15 7/8 × 22 3/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

Painting

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his vast output simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of Impressionism.

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