Portrait of Félix Bracquemond, from "L'Art"
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Portrait of Félix Bracquemond, from "L'Art"
- Series/Portfolio: L'Art
- Artist: After Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres)
- Etcher: Paul Adolphe Rajon (French, Dijon 1843–1888 Auvers-sur-Oise)
- Printer: François Delarue (French, active 1850–70)
- Sitter: Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres)
- Date: 1878
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (32 × 24.3 cm)
Plate: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (24.7 × 18.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
- Object Number: 63.625.15
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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