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Portrait of Comte Lepic

Sitter Ludovic Lepic French
1876
Not on view
Desboutin and Ludovic Lepic met as mutual friends of Edgar Degas, who painted a double portrait of the two printmakers in 1876 (Musée d'Orsay). In this frank portrait from the same year, Lepic sits casually beside an easel. On the wall behind him is a drawing of Crouton, a water spaniel he gifted to Desboutin. In preparing this work, Desboutin developed it through seven states, creating many permutations of the composition in a manner similar to Lepic’s concept of "mobile etching," in which, by varying elements on the matrix, every impression was unique.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of Comte Lepic
  • Artist: Marcellin Desboutin (French, Cérilly 1823–1902 Nice)
  • Sitter: Ludovic Lepic (French, Paris 1839–1889 Paris)
  • Date: 1876
  • Medium: Drypoint; sixth state of seven
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 13 1/4 in. (44.8 × 33.7 cm)
    Plate: 12 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (31.7 × 23.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.63.156
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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