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Strada di Scanno

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Strada di Scanno
ArtistMaurits Cornelis Escher
Year1929
LocationNational Gallery of Canada[1], Ottawa

Strada di Scanno is a lithographic print by Maurits Cornelis Escher made in 1929.

Description

The lithograph depicts a street in Scanno (Vico Ciorla), it represents this village alley with a descending staircase in which there are two female figures doing work on the lace, the second is a little further away than the first...[2] In the distance it can see a mountain with trees...

Detail of the Scanno alley where Escher created the lithograph, note on the right, at the beginning of the alley itself, a copy of the lithograph itself
  1. ^ "Visioni: l'Abruzzo incantato di Escher". Archived from the original on 22 ottobre 2021. Retrieved 22 ottobre 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |archive-date= (help)
  2. ^ Del Monaco, Luca. Progetto editoriale Claudio D'Alessandro (in italian and english). p. 26-27.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)