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Alphonse Legros — The Watering Place (2nd Plate)
Alphonse Legros

The Watering Place (2nd Plate)

1857

Legros transforms a simple pastoral scene into a study of light and atmosphere, using mixed printmaking techniques to achieve subtle gradations of tone and texture.

Medium
etching and drypoint

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Alphonse Legros, The Watering Place (2nd Plate), 1857

Legros transforms a simple pastoral scene into a study of light and atmosphere, using mixed printmaking techniques to achieve subtle gradations of tone and texture.

Medium
etching and drypoint
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Naturalistic, Monochrome, French, Animal, Historic, Etching and Drypoint, Landscape, Horses, Rural

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago