The Great Thistle (Le Grand Chardon)
Eugène Bléry
1843
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
image: 34 × 46.4 cm (13 3/8 × 18 1/4 in.) sheet: 36.9 × 50.1 cm (14 1/2 × 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ellwanger/Mescha Collection
Accession Number
2017.19.3
About the Artist
Eugène Bléry
Eugène Bléry (1805–1887) was a French engraver and etcher whose refined printmaking brought him considerable recognition among connoisseurs of the graphic arts during the nineteenth century. He trained in Paris and developed a particular affinity for landscape subjects rendered through the demanding medium of etching, where his technical precision and sensitivity to natural light set his work apar...