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René Boyvin
The Destruction of Catania

Not on view
Engraving with dense cross-hatching depicting a large crowd of straining, intertwined nude figures in a chaotic outdoor scene, with ships and a fortress in the distance

René Boyvin, The Destruction of Catania, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
René Boyvin
Title
The Destruction of Catania
Place Made
France
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 in. (28.89 × 43.18 cm) Image: 11 3/8 × 17 in. (28.89 × 43.18 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.137
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Robert-Dumesnil. Le peintre-graveur francais: ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française. Paris: G. Waree, etc., 1835-71.

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.