Oriental Jasper Vase
Medium
Etching, first state of two (Gonse)
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/16 in. (43 × 36 cm) Plate: 16 15/16 × 9 1/4 in. (43 × 23.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Louis R. Metcalfe, 1928
Accession Number
28.57.27
About the Artist
Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart · 1837–1880
**Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart: Master Etcher and Watercolorist** Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart was born on September 7, 1837, in Paris to Albert Jacquemart, a prominent art collector, ceramics historian, and amateur artist, and Louise Émilie Labbé. The third of four children, he received his initial training in etching from his father, who had no formal master himself and emphasized self-taught preci...