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View of Lake Major
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Vue du lac Majeur
View of Lake Major
Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet (called Horace Vernet) (French, 1789–1863)
1828
Medium/Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.2 × 30.3 cm (8 3/8 × 11 15/16 in.)
Image: 7 × 18 cm (2 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Image: 7 × 18 cm (2 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number38.641
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Berlandi 220; Sanchez 225 only state
DescriptionForts appear on each side of the print. In between the forts is a large lake.
Two boats are clearly visible. Each has a canopied area and is moving by oars. The boat to the left is a side view. The boat to the center is a front view.
Hills are visible in the background. A castle sits on the center hill. A village appears on the edge of the lake below the castle.
Two boats are clearly visible. Each has a canopied area and is moving by oars. The boat to the left is a side view. The boat to the center is a front view.
Hills are visible in the background. A castle sits on the center hill. A village appears on the edge of the lake below the castle.
InscriptionsIn stone: l.l. Lith. de Mendo une, r S+ Pierre, no. 10; l.r. H. Vernet - pour sa niece 1828; VERSO c.l inside and around the edge of an oval MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON MAS, inside is a smaller oval with 34454
ProvenanceBy 1938 W. G. Russell Allen (1882 - 1955), Boston; 1938 Gift to MFA, Boston (Accession Date: April 14, 1938)