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Harbor with a Large Tower

A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1641

Artist:

Claude Lorrain
French, 1600-1682

About this artwork

The date for this print can be found etched on the “‘sack that rests on the ground and, more distinctly, on the sack held on the shoulders of the man in the foreground.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Claude Lorrain

Title

Harbor with a Large Tower

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1636–1646

Medium

Etching on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 12.8 × 18.9 cm (5 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Plate: 13 × 19.2 cm (5 1/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 13.8 × 20 cm (5 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1938.1496

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