Petite fille (Young Girl)
Medium
lithograph in black on thin laid brown paper
Classification
Portfolio
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
1996.151.111
Art Historical Context
Jacques-Émile Blanche's *Petite fille (Young)*, created in 1895, the delicate charm of childhood through the refined medium of black lithograph on thin laid brown paper. Blanche, a prominent French portraitist of the fin-de-siècle era, was renowned for his elegant depictions of Parisian society figures, often blending influences from Impressionism and Symbolism. This intimate work, housed in the National Gallery of's CG-E Department as part of a portfolio classification, exemplifies his skill in printmaking during a time when lithography allowed artists to achieve painterly effects with remark...