Decoration for a Plate: A Field
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 18 5/8 in. (30.8 × 47.3 cm) Plate: 11 3/8 × 13 5/8 in. (28.9 × 34.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of David Keppel, 1922
Accession Number
22.1.29
Tags
Art Historical Context
Félix Bracquem's *Decoration for a Plate: Field* (1870) is a delicate etching that captures the pastoral charm of a open field with horses and trees. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints, this print—measuring 12 1/8 × 18 5/8 inches on its sheet—was conceived as an ornamental design for ceramic ware, blending fine art with decorative craft. Bracquemond, a masterful French printmaker, created it during a transformative era in European art, amid the Franco-Prussian War, when artists sought beauty in nature's simplicity. Etching, Bracquemond's chosen medium, exemplifies 19t...
About the Artist
Félix Bracquemond · 1833–1914
French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres