Ludovic Napoléon Lépic
Trunk of a Chestnut Tree
c. 1870-1876
Physical Qualities
Etching with monoprint inking, Sheet: 455 x 815 mm. (17 15/16 x 32 1/16 in.)
Plate: 345 x 745 mm. (13 9/16 x 29 5/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "Views from the Banks of the Scheldt"
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.21
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein," October 30, 2011-March 25, 2012.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, "Altered States: Etching in Late 19th Century Paris," June 30-December 3, 2017.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, "Altered States: Etching in Late 19th Century Paris," June 30-December 3, 2017.
The Painterly Print: Monotypes from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, p. 94.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: Signed UR in pl.: 'Lepic'; signed LL margin (blue pencil): 'Imprimé et fait / par Le Pic / 64 epreuve.'; LR margin (blue pencil): 'Tronc de Chataignier'; BLC (graphite): '13.309'; BRC (graphite): 'Reg. 9 / 59'. VERSO: LL: violet Claghorn stamp.
Markings: none - none
