J.Barbey d'Aurevilly
Medium
etching and drypoint printed in red on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 11 x 8.2 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 30.5 x 21 cm (12 x 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell
Accession Number
2006.68.80
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Paul Adolphe Rajon · 1842–1888
Paul Adolphe Rajon (1843–1888) was a distinguished French painter and etcher renowned for his exquisite portrait prints. Born in Dijon as the youngest of three children to hairdresser Jean Marie Rajon and shop girl Caroline Jaugey, he began his artistic path early. At age 14, he apprenticed as a portrait retoucher for his brother-in-law, photographer Pierre Joseph Meurisse, in Metz. From 1859 to 1...