L'Abreuvoir
1866
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
Plate: 6 5/16 × 12 3/8 in. (16 × 31.5 cm) Image: 4 11/16 in. × 11 in. (11.9 × 27.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.10.65
Tags
Art Historical Context
**L'Abreuvoir (The Watering Place), 1866** Charles Jacque, a prominent French artist of the Barbizon school, captures the serene rhythm of rural life in *L'Abreuvoir*. This drypoint print likely depicts cows gathered at a watering trough, evoking the pastoral landscapes Jacque cherished. Active in the mid-19th century, was renowned for his animalier subjectsep, cattle, and barnyard scenes—rendered with a keen eye for nature's quiet drama. Acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in1927, this work now graces the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, highlighting Ja...
About the Artist
Charles Jacque
Charles-Émile Jacque (1813–1894) was a pioneering French painter, engraver, and illustrator whose career bridged the worlds of printmaking and pastoral painting. Born in Paris amid a difficult childhood, he apprenticed at age seventeen to a map engraver, mastering drypoint technique and producing his first etching in 1830—a copy of a head after Rembrandt. After serving seven years in the French Ar...