Bridge on the River Fay
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27.7 × 21.5 cm) Image: 7 1/8 × 5 3/4 in. (18.1 × 14.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.500.394
Art Historical Context
"Bridge on the River Fay," a lithograph created in 1839 by Eugène Cicéri in collaboration with Jules Dupré, captures a tranquil rural landscape centered on a stone bridge spanning a gentle waterway. Cicéri, a skilled French lithographer and landscape artist, often partnered with painters like Dupré to translate painted scenes into printable form. Dupré, a leading member of the emerging Barbizon School, brought his sensitivity to natural light and atmospheric effects to the composition. This print exemplifies the artistic innovations of early 19th-century France, when lithography revolutionize...
About the Artist
Eugène Cicéri|Jules Dupré · 1813–1890
Étienne Eugène Cicéri (1813-1890) was a French painter, lithographer, and theatrical designer who became a notable figure in the Barbizon School movement. Born in Paris on January 27, 1813, into an illustrious artistic family, he was the son of renowned scenographer Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri and the nephew of painter Eugène Isabey. Cicéri occupies an important position in 19th-century French land...