Portrait of a Man
1875
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 19.9 x 15 cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 35.5 x 29.8 cm (14 x 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frank Anderson Trapp
Accession Number
2004.128.28
Art Historical Context
**Portrait of a Man**, created by P. le Robert 1875, captures the intimate gaze of its unidentified subject in a compact etching measuring just 19.9 x 15 cm on the plate. print, now housed in the National Gallery Art's CG-E department as a generous gift from Frank Anderson Trapp, exemplifies the refined portraiture popular in late 19th-century Europe, where artists increasingly turned to printmaking to democratize access to personal likenesses. Etching on *chine collé*—a technique where a delicate image is printed on thin Chinese paper and then adhered to a sturdier backing—allowed for except...