Au Jardin d'Acclimatation (In the Zoological Garden)
1870s
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 18.8 × 20 cm (7 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.) plate: 21.8 × 21.8 cm (8 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 44.2 × 30.2 cm (17 3/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Helena E. M. Gunnarsson Fund
Accession Number
2023.178.5
Art Historical Context
Félix Bracquemond's *Au Jardin d'Acclation (In the Zo Garden)*, created in the 1870s, invites viewers into the vibrant public life of Paris's Jardin d'Acclimat. Opened in 1860 within the Bois de Boulog, this innovative garden-zoo showcased exotic animals and plants acclimated to French soil, drawing fashionable crowds for leisurely strolls amid nature's wonders. Bracquemond, a leading figure in France's 19th-century revival and a proponent of Japonisme, captures the scene with a keen eye for everyday elegance and atmospheric detail. As an etching on laid paper—a traditional support prized for...
About the Artist
Félix Bracquemond · 1833–1914
French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres