L'Épreuve (album 2, deluxe edition)
Medium
portfolio
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, gift in memory of Virginia H. Jackson
Accession Number
1996.151.24-43
Art Historical Context
**L'Épreuve (Album 2, Deluxe Edition *1895, Portfolio, National Gallery of Art* Step into the fin-de-siècle elegance of 1895 Paris with *L'Épreuve (Album2, Deluxe Edition)* a luxurious portfolio published by Maurice Dumont. This collaborative masterpiece features original contributions from luminaries like Pierre Puvis Chavannes, aist muralist celebrated for his dreamlike visions; Jacques-Émile Blanche, known for his intimate society portraits; and etchers Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand and Henri de Groux, whose works evoke the era's blend of mysticism and sensuality. Other artists, includ...