Orvieto Roofs
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 26.3 × 33.7 cm (10 3/8 × 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.6233
Art Historical Context
Behold the intricate rooftops of Orv, Italy, captured in William Evan Charles Morgan's *Orvieto Roofs* (1926), a masterful engraving now housed in the National Gallery Art's Rosenwald Collection Morgan, a British printmaker renowned for his precise topographical views, draws viewers into the medieval hilltown's timeless charm. Perched atop volcanic tufa, Orvieto's layered rooftops and distant domes evoke the town's rich Etruscan and Gothic heritage, rendered with exquisite detail on a modest sheet measuring 26.3 × 33.7 cm. As an engraving—a labor-intensive intaglio technique where the artist ...