The image shows an illustration of two figures. One figure is in the foreground, standing upright with a muscular build, curly hair, and wearing an open-collared shirt with rolled-up sleeves. This figure's face is obscured by shadow. One arm is extended sideways, and the other rests on an open book. In the background, another figure is partially visible leaning over a table. The scene is dark, with no discernible details other than the figures, some architectural outlines, and a decorative border with etched patterns and a small bird-like creature at the bottom left.
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The image shows an illustration of two figures. One figure is in the foreground, standing upright with a muscular build, curly hair, and wearing an open-collared shirt with rolled-up sleeves. This figure's face is obscured by shadow. One arm is extended sideways, and the other rests on an open book. In the background, another figure is partially visible leaning over a table. The scene is dark, with no discernible details other than the figures, some architectural outlines, and a decorative border with etched patterns and a small bird-like creature at the bottom left.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)

Eugène Delacroix

Date
1833
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.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1958.8.14
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Fire
  • Man
  • Frame
Provenance

Nicolas-Auguste Hazard, Orrouy (Lugt 1975)

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

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

Watermarks

AQUA FORTISTES

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