The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

The Port at San Remo

1878

Adolphe Appian

(French, 1818–1898)
France, 19th century
etching
Sheet: 32.5 x 45.8 cm (12 13/16 x 18 1/16 in.); Platemark: 28.3 x 39.1 cm (11 1/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2001.103
Catalogue raisonné: Curtis and Prouté 52
Location: Not on view

Description

Appian was one of the outstanding landscape painters of the 19th century in Lyon. He was also an excellent etcher who was extremely sensitive to light and atmosphere. He was able to create a mood with line and by carefully leaving a fine layer of ink on the surface of the copper plate which prints as pale tone.
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