Jeanne de Bourgogne
1776 to 1800
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
2004.128.15
Art Historical Context
**Jeanne de Bourgogne** is a captivating lithograph on wove paper by French artist Achille Devéria created between 1776 and 1800. Housed in the National Gallery Art's Department of Prints (CG-E) as a generous gift from Frank Anderson Tr, this work exemplifies early mastery of lithography—a revolutionary printmaking technique invented around 1798 that allowed artists to draw directly on stone for nuanced, painterly reproductions. Wove paper, with its smooth, even texture free of visible chains or wires, was ideal for capturing fine details, making prints like this accessible to a wider audience...
About the Artist
Achille Devéria · 1800–1857
Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (1800–1857) was a French painter and lithographer whose prolific output and sophisticated portrait work made him one of the most important visual chroniclers of French Romantic culture. Born in Paris on February 6, 1800, Devéria came of age during the Restoration period and became closely associated with the Romantic movement that dominated French arts and letter...