Who created "The Apparition"?

The Apparition was created by James Tissot in ca. 1885.

When was "The Apparition" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1885.

What medium is "The Apparition"?

The Apparition is Mezzotint on wove paper; second state of two.

Is "The Apparition" in the public domain?

Yes, The Apparition is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Apparition

James Tissot

ca. 1885

Medium

Mezzotint on wove paper; second state of two

Dimensions

sheet: 21 3/16 x 15 13/16 in. (53.8 x 40.2 cm) plate: 19 13/16 x 13 15/16 in. (50.4 x 35.4 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964

Accession Number

64.584.13

About the Artist

James Tissot · 1836–1902

James Tissot (1836–1902) was a French painter and printmaker who spent much of his career in England and became renowned for his meticulously detailed depictions of fashionable Victorian society. Born Jacques Joseph Tissot in Nantes, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Louis Lamothe and Hippolyte Flandrin and exhibited at the Salon from 1859. Tissot's early career in Paris produ...

The Apparition

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