The Castle Chapel, Amboise
Primary Artist
Eveline Syme (1888–1961)
Title
Reference
Coppel (1995), ESyA2
Date made
1926 – c.1928
Place made
Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
wood-engraving, printed in black ink, from one block
Matrix size
10.3 x 14.3 cm (printed image)
Support
laid paper
Support size
12.2 x 15.6 cm (sheet)
Edition information
edition of 50
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower right below printed image in black pencil, 'E.W. Syme'. Not dated. Titled lower left below printed image in black pencil, 'The Castle Chapel, Amboise'. Inscribed lower left below printed image in black pencil, '2/50'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
750
Subject description
View of the medieval castle chapel, Amboise, near Tours, Touraine Provence, France.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
41134
Accession number
77.722
Accession method
Director's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 15, 1977/78 (1977-11-08)
Provenance
Anne Montgomery, legatee of the artist's estate. The printmakers, mainly of the thirties, Melbourne: Important Women Artists, 11 September - 30 October, 1977, cat., no.31. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Important Women Artists [gallery], Melbourne, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Australia
Notes
This is the chapel in which Leonardo da Vinci is buried.
Creators
Syme, Eveline | (1888–1961) Australian | English | Female | artist