Profile Portrait of Charles Meryon
Medium
Drawing in graphite on ivory laid paper over plate mark stamped in paper with no etched image but with warm brown ink at plate mark and larger rectangle of lavender ink tone from a stone (?) on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image (drawing: 13.4 × 10.6 cm (5 5/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Platemark (no image on plate, but ink at mark: 15 × 10 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.); 23.6 × 15.7 cm (9 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 27.2 × 20.8 cm (10 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28032
About the Artist
Félix Henri Bracquemond · 1833–1914
Félix Henri Bracquemond was born in Paris in 1833 and came of age during one of the most transformative periods in French art history. He trained primarily as an engraver and etcher, studying under Joseph Guichard before finding his true calling in printmaking. His technical mastery of etching quickly distinguished him among his contemporaries, and he formed lasting friendships with Édouard Manet,...