The Port of Rouen
1885
Medium
Etching, aquatint, and drypoint on laid paper; second state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 8 15/16 x 10 15/16 in. (22.7 x 27.8 cm) plate: 4 1/16 x 4 13/16 in. (10.3 x 12.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of W. L. Andrews, 1917
Accession Number
17.70.5
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About the Artist
Camille Pissarro · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...