Maison de Nazaret
1851–1904
Medium
Ink and wash
Dimensions
sheet: 7 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (18.7 x 11.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.681.7
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Maison de Nazaret** is a delicate ink and wash drawing by Daniel Urrabieta y Vier (1851–1904), a masterful Spanish-French illustrator renowned for his black-and-white work. Created during his prolific career, this intimate sheet measures just 7 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches, highlighting Vierge's skill in capturing emotion and detail on a small scale. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection (acquired 1970), it exemplifies his fluid pen lines and subtle washes, techniques that brought energy to 19th-century book illustrations ...