Three Figures
1851 to 1875
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etching
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.1829
Art Historical Context
**Three Figures** by Pierre Laprade, created sometime between 1851 and1875, is a etching housed in the National Gallery of's esteemed Rosenwald Collection. This captures the artist's focus on the human form through its evocative title, inviting viewers to contemplate the interplay of three figures in an intimate composition. As a mid-19th work, it emerges from an era when European artists were exploring realism and the everyday, using prints to democratize art beyond elite canvases. Etching, Laprade's chosen medium, involves coating a metal plate with a waxy ground, scratching lines through i...