Horse in a Wood
Medium
Etching on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 8.4 × 12 cm (3 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Chine: 10.4 × 14.5 cm (4 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 12.1 × 16.8 cm (4 13/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Sheet: 24.2 × 31.7 cm (9 9/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45683
Art Historical Context
**Horse in a Wood** (1846) is a delicate etching by French artist Charles Émile Jacque a master printmaker celebrated for his intimate depictions of rural life and animals. Created during the mid-19th, this small-scale work—measuring just 8.4 × 12 cm for the image—captures solitary horse amidst a wooded setting, evoking the quiet poetry of nature. Jacque, influenced by the Barbizon school's realist ethos, favored such pastoral subjects, blending meticulous observation with a romantic nostalgia for the French countryside. Printed on cream China paper laid down on ivory wove paper, the etching ...