Man discovering a murdered companion
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 10 1/16 × 6 9/16 in. (25.6 × 16.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1941
Tags
About the Artist
Alexandre Joseph Desenne|Jean Pierre Larcher · 1785–1827
Alexandre Joseph Desenne (1785–1827) was a French artist who specialized in book illustrations and became one of the foremost vignette designers for the finest editions of French literary classics during the early 19th century. Born in Paris in 1785 as the son of a bookseller, Desenne grew up immersed in the world of books and publishing, which profoundly influenced his career trajectory. Remarkab...