La bardane au saule (Burdock with Willow)
Eugène Bléry
published 1849
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 14.1 x 11 cm (5 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 31.5 x 22.3 cm (12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1993.36.6
About the Artist
Eugène Bléry
Eugène Bléry (1805–1887) was a French engraver and etcher whose refined printmaking brought him considerable recognition among connoisseurs of the graphic arts during the nineteenth century. He trained in Paris and developed a particular affinity for landscape subjects rendered through the demanding medium of etching, where his technical precision and sensitivity to natural light set his work apar...