# Capri

**William Stanley Haseltine** (American, 1835–1900)  
1869  
oil on canvas  
Framed: 69.5 x 99.5 x 9 cm (27 3/8 x 39 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 50 x 80 cm (19 11/16 x 31 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.4. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.4).

## About this work

The Philadelphia-born Haseltine favored images of coastal rocks, painting them on both sides of the Atlantic throughout his career. Best known for his scenes of Maine and Massachusetts shorelines, Haseltine based this painting on volcanic rocks from the uninhabited eastern end of Capri, an island off the southwestern coast of Italy.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

William Stanley Haseltine painted this in 1869, aged 34. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [William Stanley Haseltine](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/william-stanley-haseltine)

American, 1835–1900

Haseltine was born in Philadelphia, studied at Harvard and trained in Düsseldorf, where he travelled and painted with Albert Bierstadt and Worthington Whittredge. Back in America he became known for crisp, sharply lit views of the rocky New England coast at Nahant, Narragansett and Mount Desert Island. In 1869 he settled permanently in Rome, painting the coasts of Italy, Sicily and Capri in the same clear manner.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: United States
- The artist was 34
- Real size: about 20 × 31 in (50 × 80 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 18 × 24 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/687.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/687/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/capri-cma-148312).