Bound print
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-551-96
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Jean-Charles Krafft (1764–1833), a French artist active during the transformative late 18th and early th centuries, created this intriguing *Bound print* sometime between 1771 and1802. Spanning the era of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon, Krafft's work reflects a time when printmaking flourished as a democratic medium, allowing intricate designs to be reproduced and shared widely across Europe. As a "bound print," this piece likely formed part of a collected volume or album, a common practice for preserving high-quality engravings or etchings—though the exact medium remains under...