Félix Bracquemond and Auguste Delâtre
The Top Half of the Door
1852
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 372 x 466 mm. (14 5/8 x 18 3/8 in.)
Plate: 305 x 398 mm. (12 x 15 11/16 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
1996.48.12936
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, dated and inscribed in plate: lower center "Le Haut d'un battant de porte"; lower right "Bracquemond / inv. & fec. / 1852", "Imp. Delâtre rue de Bievre 19, Paris" 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
