Vachere au Bord de l'Eau / Camille Pissarro
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.401
- Title
- Vachere au Bord de l'Eau
- Artist
- Camille Pissarro
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1830-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching and drypoint printed in brown/black ink on light blue laid paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
- Dimensions
- 38.1 cm x 30.48 cm (15 in. x 12 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- genre
- Physical Description
- A woman sits at the left on a grassy bank looking at a group of cows standing in water. Behind are trees and a hill rising up in the distance.
- Possible watermark at center left (of verso); image shows a fleur de lis over a triangle. Paper size: lh 26 2/5cm & rh 26 1/2cm x w 19 1/2cm. Plate size: lh 19 7/10cm & rh 19 9/10cm x w 13 2/5cm. Image size: lh 19 1/10cm & rh 19cm x tw 12 2/5cm & bw 12 1/2cm.
- Subject Matter
- This print has an elegaic quality as the woman dreamily looks in the direction of the cows at her feet. The use of drypoint give the work am added atmospheric richness that complements the mood of reverie.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2832 x 4504
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2008/2.401
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.401/2008_2_401.jpg
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"Vachere au Bord de l'Eau; Camille Pissarro." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.401/2008_2_401.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
