Le Charlemagne (forêt de fontainebleau)
Eugène Bléry
1861
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 48 x 61.9 cm (18 7/8 x 24 3/8 in.) sheet: 49.2 x 64.2 cm (19 3/8 x 25 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2012.52.1
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...