Frontispice pour un album de la Société des aquafortistes
Medium
etching
Dimensions
356; 334; 247; 466
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso linksonder, gestempeld: Lugt 88a
Art Historical Context
Félix Bracquemond's *Frontispice pour un album de la Société des aquafortistes* (1865) is a striking etching measuring 356 × 247 mm, serving as the ornamental frontispiece for an album produced by the Société des Aquafortistes. Founded in 1862 by publisher Alfred Cadart, this influential Parisian society championed etching as a direct, expressive medium for original art, countering the dominance of mechanical reproductive prints. Bracquemond, a master etcher and pioneer of Japonisme, contributed this piece during the height of the 19th-century etching revival, blending intricate line work with...
About the Artist
Félix Bracquemond · 1833–1914
French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres