Le chêne au ravin (Oak Tree by a Ravine)
Eugène Bléry
1845
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
sheet: 42.1 × 48 cm (16 9/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Nicholas and Margaret Morgan Grasselli, in honor of Andrew Robison
Accession Number
2016.128.2
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...