Bust of a Peasant Girl
Medium
Red chalk, over etching, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
31.6 × 22.8 cm (12 1/2 × 9 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
48699
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Paul Adolphe Rajon · 1842–1888
Paul Adolphe Rajon (1843–1888) was a distinguished French painter and etcher renowned for his exquisite portrait prints. Born in Dijon as the youngest of three children to hairdresser Jean Marie Rajon and shop girl Caroline Jaugey, he began his artistic path early. At age 14, he apprenticed as a portrait retoucher for his brother-in-law, photographer Pierre Joseph Meurisse, in Metz. From 1859 to 1...