Etude d'enfant (Study of a Child)
1895
Medium
lithograph in black on heavy japan paper
Dimensions
sheet: 28.1 x 37.9 cm (11 1/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, gift in memory of Virginia H. Jackson
Accession Number
1996.151.34
Art Historical Context
**Etude d'enfant (Study of a Child)**, created by French artist Camille Bourget in1895, captures the tender innocence of childhood through a delicate lithograph black ink on heavy Japan paper. Measuring 28.1 x 37.9 cm, this intimate study exemplifies the late 19th-century fascination with everyday subjects, rendered with a sensitivity that invites viewers to linger on the child's and expression. Bourget, though lesser-known today, contributed to the vibrant culture of fin-de-siècle France, lithography allowed artists to explore personal motifs with immediacy and precision. Lithography, invent...