Jacob Meyer-Heine

1872

Félix Bracquemond

Associated Names
Félix Bracquemond

Artist, French, 1833 - 1914

The image shows an older man sitting by an open window. He is holding a book or newspaper and has a thoughtful expression on his face. The man has a full beard and mustache, wavy hair, and is wearing a jacket over a vest with a collared shirt and necktie or cravat. The background includes a lightly wooded area outside the window with trees and bushes along a path that leads into the distance. An inscription in Italian, "a mon ami Valentin," is also included alongside the artist's name.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E. M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.6 × 41.5 cm (11 5/8 × 16 5/16 in.)
    plate: 21.9 × 24.5 cm (8 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.64.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 80, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892, no. 80, i/iii

Inscriptions

recto: below image, at right, in black ink: à mon ami Valentin / Bracquemond [underlined]; at bottom right, in graphite, in later hand: n. 1494; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

P A / A. S A / 18 [fragment]

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