La femme et l'enfant au bord de l'eau
19th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 5 3/16 × 7 3/4 in. (13.2 × 19.7 cm) Sheet: 5 5/8 × 8 1/16 in. (14.3 × 20.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943
Accession Number
43.45.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
**La femme et l'enfant au bord de l'eau** *Louis Hector Allemand, 19th century* Etching; Plate: 5 3/16 × 7 3/4 in. (13.2 × 19.7 cm) Step into a serene moment captured in delicate lines with Louis Hector Allemand's 19th etching *La femme et l'enfant bord de l'eau* ("Woman and Child by the's Edge"). This intimate portrays a mother and child poised at the water's edge, framed by lush trees and a tranquil landscape. The modest scale—plate size just over 5 by 7 inches—invites close viewing, revealing the etching's fine textures that evoke the gentle ripple of water and rustle of foliage. Et...