Portrait of Félix Bracquemond, from "L'Art"
Not on view
This print, published in the journal "L’Art," accompanied a profile of Bracquemond, who was one of the most accomplished and prolific participants in the etching revival of the second half of the nineteenth century. Rajon based the print on a pastel self-portrait that Bracquemond exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1853. The image suggested the young artist’s grand ambitions for his career and, more broadly, for etching itself. He boldly meets the viewer’s gaze, surrounded by a small sculpture alluding to his classical training and the tools of his trade—an engraver’s burin and a bottle of etching acid.
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