Skip to Main Content

Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees

c. 1857
(French, 1807–1865)
France, 19th century
cliché-verre
Support: Photo-sensitive wove paper hinged to a secondary wove support
Image: 11.7 x 16.6 cm (4 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 22.6 x 28 cm (8 7/8 x 11 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1997.179
Catalogue raisonné: Glassman and Symmes 55
Location: not on view
You can copy, modify, and distribute this work, all without asking permission. Learn more about CMA's Open Access Initiative.

Download, Print and Share

Description

Unlike most cliché-verres, which are similar to line drawings, Dutilleux's thirteen works in this medium are extremely tonal. The artist described them as "monochrome paintings on glass for photography." Instead of scratching the design into the opaque ground covering the glass plate, as Corot or Daubigny had done, Dutilleux created the image by painting the plate with it.
Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees

Two Boatmen in a Marsh near a Cluster of Trees

c. 1857

Henri-Joseph-Constant Dutilleux

(French, 1807–1865)
France, 19th century

See Also

Visually Similar Artworks

Contact us

The information about this object, including provenance, may not be currently accurate. If you notice a mistake or have additional information about this object, please email collectionsdata@clevelandart.org.

To request more information about this object, study images, or bibliography, contact the Ingalls Library Reference Desk.

All images and data available through Open Access can be downloaded for free. For images not available through Open Access, a detail image, or any image with a color bar, request a digital file from Image Services.