Munich, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany
1833 · Lithograph in black on grayish-ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper · Plate: 29.4 × 42.8 cm (11 5/8 × 16 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31.8 × 45 cm (12 9/16 × 17 3/4 in.)
Prout, Munich, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany, 1833. Lithograph in black on grayish-ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
How to look at a Prout
- Find a long straight edge in a Prout and notice it is not a single line. Count the breaks.
- Look at the figures. Their heads line up with the horizon. Their feet tell you how far away they stand.
- Find the darkest doorway and the lightest sunlit wall. They are nearly always touching.
