Large Coltsfoot
Eugène Bléry
1843
Medium
etching and roulette in black on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 40.3 x 52.9 cm (15 7/8 x 20 13/16 in.) sheet: 56 x 74.9 cm (22 1/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jane F. Stapleton
Accession Number
2009.143.2
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...