Blonde
Medium
etching, drypoint and roulette on japan paper
Dimensions
image: 29.5 x 10.2 cm (11 5/8 x 4 in.) plate: 30.9 x 11.5 cm (12 3/16 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 32.9 cm (12 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2009.78.3
About the Artist
Armand Rassenfosse · 1862–1934
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) was a Belgian graphic artist, printmaker, and painter whose technical mastery of etching and innovative approach to book illustration secured his place among the most important Belgian artists of the Belle Époque. Born in Liège, the industrial heart of Belgium's Walloon region, Rassenfosse was largely self-taught yet achieved extraordinary technical sophistication, p...