Large Bronze Dragon Incense Burner
1882–1883
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and roulette; between states two and three of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/8 in. × 14 in. (51.1 × 35.6 cm) Plate: 12 1/16 × 8 1/2 in. (30.6 × 21.6 cm) Image: 9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in. (24.8 × 19.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Madeleine Fidell-Beaufort, in memory of Janine Bailly-Herzberg, 2018
Accession Number
2018.906.1
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About the Artist
Henri-Charles Guérard · 1846–1897
Henri-Charles Guérard (1846–1897) was a French printmaker and painter who became one of the leading figures of the etching revival that swept through France and Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Paris, he trained in the city's vibrant artistic milieu and developed close friendships with the Impressionist circle, most notably Édouard Manet and Eva Gonzalès, whom he marri...