Winter Evening
1893/1894
Medium
etching with monotype wiping (more heavily inked version)
Dimensions
plate: 14.7 × 24.6 cm (5 13/16 × 9 11/16 in.) sheet: 17.8 × 29 cm (7 × 11 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Funds from the Estate of Lila Oliver Asher
Accession Number
2022.93.1
Art Historical Context
**Winter Evening** by Vittore Grub, created around 1893/1894, captures the serene hush of a cold twilight in this intimate etching. Measuring just 14.7 × 24.6 cm on the plate this print from the National Gallery of Art viewers into a wintry landscape, evoking the quiet beauty of dusk through delicate lines and subtle tonal shifts. Grubicy, an Italian artist active in the late th century, was a master printmaker who championed etching as a refined medium for expressive art during Italy's fin-de-siècle cultural renaissance. What sets this work apart is its innovative technique: a traditional et...