Le Vieux Coq (The Old Rooster)
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Leo Wallerstein
Accession Number
1948-133-27
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Le Vieux Coq (The Old Rooster)**, created by French artist Félix Bracquemond in 1882, captures the spirited essence of a weathered farmyard icon through the intimate medium of printmaking. Bracquemond (1833–1914), a pioneering etcher and lithographer, was a key figure in France's 19th-centuryching Revival, bridging traditional techniques with modern sensibilities. His works often celebrated everyday subjects like animals and nature, rendered with meticulous detail and a keen eye for texture—qualities that shine in this depiction of a proud, aged rooster. As a print from the Smithsonian Amer...