Portrait of an unknown man
late 19th century
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 9/16 × 11 15/16 in. (42 × 30.4 cm) Plate: 6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (15.9 × 11.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.63.151
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the late 19th century, artist Marcellin Desbout captured the essence of an unknown man in this intimate *Portrait of an Unknown Man*, masterful drypoint print now housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department.ed in profile, the work showcases Desboutin's skill in portraying human character with subtle psychological depth, a hallmark of his realist approach influenced by his circles among painters like Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas. Drypoint, Desboutin's favored medium here, involves scratching directly into a copper plate with a sharp needle, raising a soft burr...
About the Artist
Marcellin Desboutin · 1823–1902
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