Rest
1889, printed 1921
Medium
drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8 × 11.9 cm (3 1/8 × 4 11/16 in.) sheet: 27.5 × 35.5 cm (10 13/16 × 14 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1953.6.102
Art Historical Context
**Rest** by Berthe Moris (1889, printed 1921) the quiet elegance of a moment of repose, a theme central to this pioneering French Impressionist's oeuvre. Morisot, one of the few women in the Impressionist circle alongside Monet and Renoir, often portrayed intimate domestic scenes featuring women and children, infused with loose brushwork and luminous light effects in her paintings. This intimate drypoint print, measuring just 8 × 119 cm on the plate reflects her innovative foray into printmaking late in her career, showcasing her ability to translate Impressionist spontaneity into etched lines...
About the Artist
Berthe Morisot · 1841–1895
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was a founding member of the Impressionist movement and one of the most significant women artists of the 19th century. Born into an affluent bourgeois family in Bourges, France—her mother was a great-niece of the Rococo painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard—Morisot received serious artistic training despite the social constraints facing women of her class. Under the guidance of...