Who created "Title page for "Trials at Etching""?

Title page for "Trials at Etching" was created by Alexandre Calame in 1845.

What medium is "Title page for "Trials at Etching""?

Title page for "Trials at Etching" is Etching.

Is "Title page for "Trials at Etching"" in the public domain?

Yes, Title page for "Trials at Etching" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Title page for "Trials at Etching"

Alexandre Calame

1845

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 11 5/16 × 7 9/16 in. (28.8 × 19.2 cm) Plate: 3 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (9.6 × 5.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947

Accession Number

47.100.634

Tags

Trees

Art Historical Context

Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where we showcase *Title page for "Trials at Et"* by Swiss Romantic artist Alexandre Calame, created in 1845. Calame, renowned for his sweeping alpine landscapes that captured nature's grandeur and drama, stepped into printmaking with this intimate etching. Measuring just 3¾ × 2¼ inches on the plate, it serves as the elegant frontispiece for his experimental series *Trials at Etching* (*Essais d'eau-f*), a set of original prints demonstrating his mastery of the medium. Etching, an intaglio technique where acid etches ...

About the Artist

Alexandre Calame · 1810–1864

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