Tête d'homme (Head of a Man)
1895
Medium
lithograph in black on china paper mounted to heavy wove paper
Dimensions
image: 23.5 x 16.9 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 29.8 x 21.2 cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, gift in memory of Virginia H. Jackson
Accession Number
1996.151.110
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Camille Bourget · 1860–1960
Camille Bourget, born Alexandre Camille Bourget on April 12, 1866, in Clermont-Ferrand, France, was the son of Justin Bourget, a professor of sciences at the local faculty, and his second wife, Marie Marguerite Nicard; he was the half-brother of the renowned writer Paul Bourget. His early training took place in Paris, where he studied under the academic masters Alexandre Cabanel and Léon Bonnat at...