The Amorous Lion [Le lion amoureux]

1886

Félix Bracquemond

Artist, French, 1833 - 1914

Boussod et Valadon

Publisher, French, est. 1884 - closed 1919

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on parchment

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
    plate: 27 x 20 cm (10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi 1885-1892, no. 797

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892, no. 797.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: -Gustave Moreau-'; across upper margin in plate: October 1st 1886, London, Publishing by Boussod, Valadon & Co successors to Goupil & Co 116 & 117. New Bond Street W and g. rue Chaptal, Paris, Copyright registered; signed by artist, lower right below plate, in graphite: Bracquemond; by later hand, lower left, in graphite: Le lion amoureux B. 797

Markings

blind stamp, lower left below plate: FE [encircled]

Wikidata ID

Q76558989

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