Le petit ruisseau (The Little Brook)
Eugène Bléry
published 1849
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 14.8 x 10.9 cm (5 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 31.5 x 22.6 cm (12 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1993.36.8
About the Artist
Eugène Bléry
Eugène Bléry (1805–1887) was a French engraver and etcher whose refined printmaking brought him considerable recognition among connoisseurs of the graphic arts during the nineteenth century. He trained in Paris and developed a particular affinity for landscape subjects rendered through the demanding medium of etching, where his technical precision and sensitivity to natural light set his work apar...