The Great Flood
Charles Eisen
1765
Medium
graphite on vellum
Dimensions
image: 13.4 x 8.9 cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.855
About the Artist
Charles Eisen
Eisen was noted for creating small scenes for use in book illustrations. He was popular due to his light style and talent at representing an incident or theme to be illustrated. His drawings were used in nearly 400 books during his lifetime and remained in use through to the first decade of the 19th century. He was the father of Christophe-Charles Eisen. Comment on works: Genre; Allegories; Histor...