Infantryman
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 33 x 29 cm (13 x 11 7/16 in.) sheet: 49.4 x 34 cm (19 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
2004.128.31
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of 19th-century French nobility with *Infantryman*, an etching on chine collé created 1834 by Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours. This prince of the July Monarchy—son of King Louis-Philippecaptured the stoic figure of a soldier with precise, intricate lines. Measuring 33 x 29 cm on the plate, work exemplifies the artist's personal fascination with military life, rendered during a time of political stability and national pride in France following the 1830 Revolution. Etching, an intaglio technique where acid bites into a metal plate to form recessed lines filled with ink, allo...