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Eugène Delacroix

A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)

Maker

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863), printmaker
Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907), printer
A. Cadart &amp

Title

A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)
from Eugene Delacroix's Unique Etched Work (Oeuvre Unique À L'Eau-Forte d'Eugène Delacroix)

Year

1833 (printed 1865)

Medium

  • Aquatint on chine collé

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Aquatint on chine collé

Materials

aquatint

Supports

  • Light weight cream tissue paper mounted on medium weight cream wove paper (chine collé)

Dimensions

Plate: 22.7 x 16.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "Eug. Delacroix sculp."; LC: "UN FORGERON", "Paris, Publiè par CADART & LUQUET Editeurs. 79, Rue Richeliu."; LR: "Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 303, Paris."

Artist's monogram in upper right corner.

Verso: stamped with collector's mark of Heinrich Schwarz (Lugt 1372)

Numbered UR: 290.

Identification

State

v/vi

Standard Reference Number

Delteil 1908, no. 19.v

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

50.104

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Visions and Revisions
Feb 15, 2019 – Aug 04, 2019

Label copy

The glow of hot iron emphasizes the muscular body of a blacksmith about to strike a blow with his hammer. Behind him, another worker is almost engulfed in the bright light of the forge. This shadowy subject was most appropriate for Delacroix’s exploration of aquatint, a medium of light and dark. Its dramatic tonal effects recall Goya’s Caprichos, some of which, like this print, were executed in virtually pure aquatint, with little or no linework. The subject and mood also echo Earlom’s mezzotint exhibited in the next gallery. This, Delacroix’s most successful aquatint, was published in 1865, when a renewed interest in etching was at its height.

Helen M. Danforth
A Tribute
Jun 21, 1985 – Sep 08, 1985

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863), printmaker
Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907), printer
A. Cadart & Luquet (French), publisher
A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron); from Eugene Delacroix's Unique Etched Work (Oeuvre Unique À L'Eau-Forte d'Eugène Delacroix), 1833 (printed 1865)
Aquatint on chine collé
Plate: 22.7 x 16.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/8 inches)
Museum purchase: gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 50.104

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