Le Dessert
François Bonvin
1862
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 26.8 x 20.8 cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/16 in.) sheet: 47.9 x 31.8 cm (18 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ellwanger/Mescha Collection
Accession Number
2006.163.17
About the Artist
François Bonvin
François Bonvin (1817–1887) was a French Realist painter whose quiet, meticulously observed canvases of domestic interiors and humble working-class subjects placed him among the most thoughtful and committed practitioners of the Realist movement in nineteenth-century France. Born in Vaugirard, on the outskirts of Paris, Bonvin came from modest origins and largely educated himself as an artist thro...