Paysage sous bois, à l’Hermitage (Pontoise) (Wooded landscape at L’Hermitage, Pontoise)

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Paysage sous bois, à l’Hermitage (Pontoise) (Wooded landscape at L’Hermitage, Pontoise)

Artist Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903)

Date1879

DimensionsOverall: 10 9/16 x 12 3/4 in. (26.8 x 32.4 cm);
Plate: 8 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (22.2 x 27 cm)

MediumSoft ground etching, aquatint and drypoint

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1984.81

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Label TextWooded landscape at the Hermitage, Pontoise is widely considered Camille Pissarro’s most important print and the finest example, by any artist, of an Impressionist landscape etching. Pissarro produced this print, based on an 1879 painting of the same title, for a proposed journal of prints, Le Jour et la Nuit. Although the journal, conceived by Edgar Degas, was never realized, Pissarro devoted much care in producing this print which went through six versions, or states. Of all the Impressionist artists, Pissarro was the most articulate in the techniques of printmaking. Here he used novel applications of aquatint and soft-ground etching to render the textures and light effects on tree trunks, foliage, and the village in the background.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Prints and Authors from the Time of Manet, September 13, 2012-January 13, 2013. Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.