Première Suite de dix eaux-fortes
1861-1871
Medium
complete set of ten etchings, plus one additional impresson of _Le Dessert_, on laid paper with original wrappers but missing original title page
Dimensions
sheet: 43.2 x 28 cm (17 x 11 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ellwanger/Mescha Collection, in honor of Andrew Robison
Accession Number
2006.163.9-19
About the Artist
François Bonvin
François Bonvin (1817–1887) was a French Realist painter whose quiet, meticulously observed canvases of domestic interiors and humble working-class subjects placed him among the most thoughtful and committed practitioners of the Realist movement in nineteenth-century France. Born in Vaugirard, on the outskirts of Paris, Bonvin came from modest origins and largely educated himself as an artist thro...