The Young Bather
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 12 3/16 in. (48 × 31 cm) Plate: 6 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (17.5 × 8.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.625.419
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Young Bather1843)** is a etching collaboratively produced by French artists Charles Jacque and Auguste Delâtre. Jacque, a prominent printmaker known for his realistic depictions of rural life and animals in the Barbizon tradition, here turns his hand to the intimate subject of a female nude. Delâtre, a skilled master printer, likely contributed his expertise in refining the etched plate. Created during the early years of France's Romantic era transitioning toward Realism, the work captures a serene bathing scene, evoking classical themes of vulnerability and natural beauty amid the era's...