Riverbank at Night
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 6 × 7.8 cm (2 3/8 × 3 1/16 in.) sheet: 6.8 × 8.9 cm (2 11/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the Gift of Andrew Robison
Accession Number
2016.106.1
Art Historical Context
**Riverbank at Night**, a delicate etching created by French artist Charles Émile Jacque in 1844, captures a serene nocturnal landscape along a riverbank. Measuring just 6 × 7.8 cm, this intimate print on wove paper invites close contemplation, its small scale evoking the quiet poetry of twilight. Jacque, a key figure in the Barbizon School, was renowned for his realistic depictions of rural life, animals, and nature, blending Romantic lyricism with emerging Realism during a time when artists were shifting from idealized scenes to everyday observations. Etching, Jacque's chosen medium here, a...