Plantes de Serre (Greenhouse or Aquatic Plants)
Medium
etching in brown-black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 36.3 x 26.6 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 47.8 x 36.5 cm (18 13/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1983.34.1
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...