Place St. Louis, Metz
Medium
drypoint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.5 × 17.6 cm (4 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 23.4 × 30.7 cm (9 3/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.7463
Art Historical Context
Step into the charming Place St. Louis in Metz, France, as captured in Louis Conrad Rosenberg's exquisite 1924 drypoint etching. Rosenberg, an American artist renowned for his meticulous architectural prints, traveled extensively across Europe in the early 20th century, documenting historic urban scenes with a keen eye for detail. This intimate plate (11.5 × 17.6 cm) renders the square's half-timbered buildings and lively atmosphere, evoking the everyday elegance of a French provincial town shortly after World War I. Drypoint, Rosenberg's favored medium on wove paper, involves scratching dire...
About the Artist
Louis Conrad Rosenberg
Louis Conrad Rosenberg (1890–1983), born in Portland, Oregon, to Charles and Hannah Rosenberg, emerged as one of America's foremost architectural etchers, blending his training as an architect with masterful printmaking. A precocious draftsman from childhood, he apprenticed under T. Chapell Brown in Portland starting at age sixteen in 1906, advancing to draftsman under mentor Ellis Fuller Lawrence...