The Departure of the Flock
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 16 1/16 in. (29.5 × 40.8 cm) Plate: 5 11/16 × 6 3/4 in. (14.5 × 17.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Hermann Warner Williams Jr., 1958
Accession Number
58.559.164
Tags
Art Historical Context
*The Departure of the Flock (1880) is a delicate etching and drypoint by Félix Brissot deville, with printing likely overseen by the esteemed publisher Alfred Cadart. Brissot, a French artist renowned for his animalier scenes, captures a poignant pastoral moment: shepherds guiding a flock of sheep away from rustic houses under an open sky. The tags—animals, houses, men—ev the timeless rhythms of rural life in 19th-century France, human activity with the natural world in a style reminiscent of the Barbizon school's earthy realism. Etching involves incising lines into a metal plate with acid, w...
About the Artist
Alfred Cadart|Félix Brissot de Warville (French| ) · 1816 |1828 –1876 |1875
French, Montmorency 1816–1876|