Oaks near a Pond
Eugène Bléry
1852
Medium
etching on chine collé on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 43 × 61.9 cm (16 15/16 × 24 3/8 in.) sheet: 46.6 × 63.3 cm (18 3/8 × 24 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ellwanger/Mescha Collection
Accession Number
2017.19.49
About the Artist
Eugène Bléry
Eugène Bléry (1805–1887) was a French engraver and etcher whose refined printmaking brought him considerable recognition among connoisseurs of the graphic arts during the nineteenth century. He trained in Paris and developed a particular affinity for landscape subjects rendered through the demanding medium of etching, where his technical precision and sensitivity to natural light set his work apar...