L'Epreuve
Jean Danguy
1894
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
240; 153
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
About the Artist
Jean Danguy · 1863–1926
**Jean Célestin Danguy: Symbolist Painter and Printmaker** Born on November 23, 1863, in Gagny, France, at his maternal grandmother Rose Thorel's home—where she directed the local post office—Jean Célestin Danguy grew up in an artistic family. His father, Célestin Danguy, was a history painter renowned for reproducing Franz Xaver Winterhalter's portrait of Napoleon III for public buildings, inclu...