La Nuée d'orage
1882–84
Medium
Etching, drypoint; second state of eleven
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 in. × 15 13/16 in. (27.9 × 40.2 cm) Plate: 10 3/16 × 13 7/8 in. (25.8 × 35.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Theodore De Witt, 1923
Accession Number
23.65.88
Tags
Art Historical Context
Félix Bracquemond’s *La Nuée d’orage* (The Storm Cloud), created between 1882 and 1884, captures a fleeting moment in the natural world. The etching and drypoint depicts a flock of ducks amid a windswept landscape beneath gathering clouds, evoking the drama of an approaching storm. As a print in the second of eleven states, the work reveals Bracquemond’s careful revisions, allowing viewers to glimpse the artist’s evolving vision through subtle changes in line and tone. The medium itself is central to the piece’s appeal. Etching and drypoint were experiencing a revival in late-nineteenth-centu...
About the Artist
Félix Bracquemond · 1833–1914
French, Paris 1833–1914 Sèvres