Decoration for a Plate: A Duck flying over Snow-covered Branches
1850–1914
Medium
Etching with watercolor
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 11/16 × 11 7/8 in. (47.5 × 30.2 cm) Plate: 11 5/8 × 11 7/16 in. (29.6 × 29 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.69.25
Tags
Art Historical Context
Félix Bracquemond's *Decoration for a Plate: Duck Flying over Snow-Covered Branches* (ca. 1850–1914) captures a serene winter moment, with a lone duck soaring gracefully above frost-laden branches. As a leading French etcher of the 19th century Bracquemond was for revitalizing the etching technique during a time when printmaking was fine art and decorative design This piece, intended asation for a plate, the era's fascination with motifs in everyday objects, elegance with naturalism. in etching with watercolor on a substantial sheet (18 11/16 × 11 7/8 in.), the work showcases etching's preci...
About the Artist
Félix Bracquemond · 1833–1914
French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres