Gorge in the Rocks (Gorge dans les rochers)

1855/1856

Félix Bracquemond after Jules Laurens

Associated Names
Félix Bracquemond

Artist, French, 1833 - 1914

Jules Laurens

Artist After, French, 1825 - 1901

The image shows a rocky landscape with large boulders on both sides. The horizon is positioned low in the image, just above the middle, and there are birds flying in the sky. The illustration uses detailed etching or line drawing with strong lines and crosshatching for texture and shadow. The color palette is monochromatic, with varying shades of black and sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.4 × 47.9 cm (14 3/4 × 18 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1977.41.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 246, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc.)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.

1987

  • Bouillon, Jean-Paul. Félix Bracquemond, Le Réalisme Absolu: oeuvre gravé 1849-1859, catalogue raisonné, Geneva: Skira, 1987.

Inscriptions

recto: at lower left, in graphite, in later hand: d'apr J. Laurens 1re etat; at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: n 19; verso: none

Watermarks

flaming sun

Wikidata ID

Q65568305

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