En Hiver
19th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 1/16 in. (19.1 × 12.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.500.498
Tags
Art Historical Context
"En Hiver," or "In Winter," is a delicate etching created by the 19th-century French artist Tancrède Abraham. Measuring just 7½ by 5⅛ inches, this intimate print captures the quiet essence of a winter landscape, with trees as its central focus. The title and subject together evoke the stark beauty of the season, where bare branches and subtle textures invite viewers to appreciate nature’s quieter moments. Etching was a favored medium in the 19th century for its ability to render fine lines and atmospheric detail, allowing artists to reproduce the intricate patterns of foliage and light with p...