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‘An Immense Field with Shady Groves’
Matteo Ripa, 1712 - 1714
While experimenting with copperplate engraving, Ripa was asked by the emperor to take on a few pupils. The sky and water in this print (and the adjacent one) lack hatching, and black dots represent lotus blossoms in the water. This unconventional approach for engraving suggests that these prints may have been the work of Ripa’s apprentices.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-1967-788
- Dimensionsheight 324 mm x width 357 mm
- Physical characteristicsgravure