A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron), 1833

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Medium

aquatint and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 22.6 × 16 cm (8 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.)

sheet: 39.8 × 32 cm (15 11/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 19, State ii/vi

Accession Number

1958.8.14

Artists / Makers

Eugène Delacroix (artist) French, 1798 - 1863

Image Use

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Inscription

recto: in graphite, at lower left: MK 32353; in graphite, at lower right: 15651 19 ii/vi; verso: in graphite, at top: was like this; in graphite, at lower left: B23342; in graphite, at lower right: HWO.

Marks and Labels

stamped above image at right: 6; stamped at lower right: Nicolas-Auguste Hazard, Orrouy (Lugt 1975)

Provenance

Nicolas-Auguste Hazard, Orrouy (Lugt 1975)

Associated Names

Hazard, Nicolas Auguste
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1965: Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 96.

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1906: Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

2021: Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 243, fig. 5.