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Vertically oriented print in black ink depicting a path winding away from us through a hilly landscape. Hills rise up to our left while the landscape flattens on our right, lined with trees with frenzied, layered dashes for leaves. A horse and carriage faces us on the road in between, coming just around the bend. Repeated, short lines, most horizontal or at a slight diagonal, create the scene.

La Roche-Guyon

1866

Camille Pissarro

(French, 1830–1903)
France, 19th century
etching
Image: 27.4 x 22.2 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Plate: 31.8 x 23.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 43.5 x 32.8 cm (17 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds 1976.20
Catalogue raisonné: Delteil 5
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Camille Pissarro favored rural life and lived in the small village of La Roche-Guyon during the 1860s, when this print was made.

Description

A very early etching by the Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro, this view of the massive rocks at La Roche-Guyon reveals the artist’s painterly attitude toward printmaking. Using only the etched line and a layer of ink left on his printing plate's surface, Pissarro created a dramatic landscape filled with brilliant sunlight and soft shadows.
  • ?-1976
    (R. M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    1976-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
    The Graphic Art of the Barbizon School. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-May 17, 1987).
    The Impressionist Aesthetic. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-October 31, 1982).
    Camille Pissarro: The Unexplored Impressionist. Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (October 30, 1980-January 11, 1981); Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (January 30-April 27, 1981); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (May 19-August 9, 1981).
    Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).
  • {{cite web|title=La Roche-Guyon|url=false|author=Camille Pissarro|year=1866|access-date=22 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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