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A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)

A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)

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Eugène Delacroix

Delacroix’s aquatint has nearly no line work. Painstakingly etched, the darkness of each area of tone is determined by how long that part of the printing plate was exposed to acid.
Artist
Eugène Delacroix
(French, 1798 - 1863)
Title
A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)
Date
1833
Medium
Aquatint
Dimensions
8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in. Overall
Credit
Bertha Ardt Plaenert Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
1988.62
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

  • Hults, Linda C. "The Print in the Western World." Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. p. 523, no. 9.2

  • Nineteenth-Century European Prints: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 3/13/2004–5/30/2004
  • Lasting Impressions: The Art of Printmaking: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 5/14/1994–7/10/1994

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