Huit Études et compositions de fleurs (Eight Studies and Compositions of Flowers)
Medium
complete bound set of eight etchings on cream laid paper
Dimensions
page size: 53.8 x 35.7 cm (21 3/16 x 14 1/16 in.) overall size: 54.2 x 36.4 cm (21 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Katharine Shepard Fund
Accession Number
2008.44.1
About the Artist
Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart · 1837–1880
**Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart: Master Etcher and Watercolorist** Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart was born on September 7, 1837, in Paris to Albert Jacquemart, a prominent art collector, ceramics historian, and amateur artist, and Louise Émilie Labbé. The third of four children, he received his initial training in etching from his father, who had no formal master himself and emphasized self-taught preci...