Decoration for a Plate: Notre Dame
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 18 3/4 in. (30.3 × 47.6 cm) Plate: 11 9/16 × 13 11/16 in. (29.3 × 34.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of David Keppel, 1922
Accession Number
22.1.33
Tags
Art Historical Context
Félix Bracquemond’s *Decoration for a Plate: Notre Dame* (1870) is a delicate etching that evokes a tranquil nocturnal scene. The composition incorporates a woman beneath a glowing moon, framed by trees, with the silhouette of Notre-Dame Cathedral implied in the title. Created as a design for ceramic decoration, the demonstrates how Bracquemond translated atmospheric effects into a format suitable for tableware or ornamental objects. A leading figure in the nineteenth-century revival of etching, Bracquemond championed the medium’s expressive potential at a time when it was often dismissed as ...
About the Artist
Félix Bracquemond · 1833–1914
French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres