Intérieur (Les brodeuses)
Medium
lithograph in black on china paper
Classification
Portfolio
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
1996.151.196
Art Historical Context
Henri Fantin-Latour's *Intérieur (Les brouses)*, created in 1895, the quiet intimacy of domestic life through the eyes of a master Realist. The French artist, renowned for his meticulous portraits, still lifes, and evocative interiors, drew inspiration from everyday scenes, blending precision with subtle emotional depth. This lithograph translating the title "Interior (The Embroider)," likely portrays women engaged in needlework, evoking the serene world of 19th-century bourgeois homes—a recurring motif in Fantin-Latour's oeuvre, influenced by masters like Ingres and Courbet. Printed in black...
About the Artist
Henri Fantin-Latour · 1836–1904
Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour was born on January 14, 1836, in Grenoble, France, to portrait painter Théodore Fantin-Latour, who gave him his earliest drawing lessons. The family relocated to Paris in 1841, where in 1850, at age 14, he enrolled in the École de Dessin, studying under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose innovative memory-based method of drawing from observation profoundly ...