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Santa Maria del Sasso, Locarno

Percival Gaskell

1911

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Early Modern

Dominant colour

Santa Maria del Sasso, Locarno is a 1911 ink by Percival Gaskell, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Percival Gaskell
When & what style?: 1911
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This drawing shows a hillside town clinging to a steep cliff. At the center stands a church with a tall bell tower and a clock face. Below it, houses with tiled roofs spill down the rocky slope, connected by narrow paths. A river winds through the valley in the background, with mountains rising far off. The artist used fine lines to show every detail—roof tiles, tree branches, even the texture of the rock. This kind of precision is typical of etching, where metal plates are scratched to create the image. Next, look up technique: etching to see how artists like this make prints.