Musicienne (Musician)
Medium
lithograph in brown on heavy japan paper
Dimensions
sheet: 37.1 x 28 cm (14 5/8 x 11 in.)
Classification
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
1996.151.31
Art Historical Context
**Musicienne (Musician)**, created by French artist Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand in 1895, captures the enchanting world of fin-de-siècle Paris through a delicate lithograph in brown ink on heavy japan paper. Measuring 37.1 x 28 cm, this intimate print from the National Gallery of Art's Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection evokes the era's fascination with music halls, cabarets, and the graceful performers who graced them. Legrand, a master lithographer and illustrator active in the 1890s, was renowned for his sensual, evocative depictions of women, blending realism with a poetic touch amid the...