Félix Bracquemond and Auguste Delâtre
The Top Half of the Door
1852, published 1865
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 329 x 450 mm. (12 15/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Plate: 305 x 396 mm. (12 x 15 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.12939
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed and dated in plate: lower right "Bracquemond / inv. & fec. / 1865" Inscribed in image: on plaque "Ici; tu vois tristement pendre / Oiseaux pillards et convoiteux... / A leurs pareils c'est pour apprendre / Que voler et voler sont deux."
Markings: None
