Domodossola / Samuel Prout

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Accession Number
2009/1.511.3
Title
Domodossola
Artist
Samuel Prout
Artist Nationality
British
Artist Life Dates
(1783 - 1852)
Object Creation Date
1824-1852
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
United Kingdom (nation)
England (country)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
United Kingdom (nation)
Creation Place 3
England (country)
Style/Group/Movement
Picturesque
Dimensions
17.78 cm x 20.96 cm (7 in. x 8 1/4 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Drawing
Primary Object Type
cityscape
Physical Description
This small watercolor depicts a city square viewed through the arches of an arcade. A small group clusters next to one of the columns in the foreground, and a few other figures are scattered about the square along with a man leading a horse and cart.
Subject Matter
This watercolor depicts a quiet square under a bright blue sky in the Italian city of Domodossola, situated in the Piedmont area of northern Italy near the border with Switzerland. The view was sketched by Samuel Prout, one of the leading English draughtsmen and watercolorists of his generation, who visited the city on September 7, 1824 on a tour of Italy. UMMA's watercolor was one of at least three watercolors of this scene that were later executed by Prout in England following his travels. The drawings and watercolors also served as a model for an engraving of the scene published in the "Landscape Annual" of 1830 and for a lithograph for "Sketches Made in France, Switzerland, and Italy" from 1839. Watercolorists such as Prout often produced multiple versions of the same scene, usually with differences in size and details, during the course of their careers. Versions of "Domodossola," for instance, were sold at exhibitions of the Old Watercolor Society in 1826, 1838, and 1845. UMMA's watercolor may be identified with the latter two, or may be an undocumented version of the subject.
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Image Size
3311 x 2076
File Size
450 KB
Record
2009/1.511.3
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"Domodossola; Samuel Prout." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.511.3/2009_1.511.3.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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