Baptême royal à la Cour d'Espagne
Medium
wood engraving
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2007.12.10
Art Historical Context
**Baptême royal à Cour d'Espagne** (Royal Baptism at the Spanish Court a wood engraving from 1882, captures a grand ceremonial moment crafted by French engraver Auguste Lepère an original design by Spanish-French illustrator Daniel Urrabieta y Vier, known simply as Daniel Vierge. intricate print, now housed in the National Gallery Art's portfolio collection (acquired through the Ailsa Mellon Fund), exemplifies the collaborative artistry of the fin-de-siècle era, where illustrators like Vierge provided dynamic sketches and master engravers like Lepère translated them into reproducible masterpie...