A Dutch Gentleman, after Adriaen de Vries, from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York"
Jacquemart made this print after the painting (71.63) by De Vries as part of a portfolio of prints celebrating the founding collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In his review of the series, the British critic and etching advocate, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, cited this plate as demonstrating the superiority of the etching medium over other reproductive techniques, such as woodcuts and photographs, in the rich intensity of the blacks achieved.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Dutch Gentleman, after Adriaen de Vries, from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York"
- Series/Portfolio: Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York
- Artist: Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart (French, Paris 1837–1880 Paris)
- Artist: After Adriaen de Vries (Netherlandish, The Hague ca. 1545–1626 Prague)
- Publisher: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
- Date: 1871
- Medium: Etching; third state of three (Gonse)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (47 × 34 cm)
Plate: 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20 × 15 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1871, transferred from the Department of Paintings
- Object Number: 19.59.9
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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