Barnyard Scene
Date1849
Artist
Charles Émile Jacque
(French painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1813–1894)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 7 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (18.7 × 26 cm)
sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (24.4 × 31.9 cm)
sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 9/16 in. (24.4 × 31.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1940
Object number1940-11.236
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextA map engraver in his youth, and then an illustrator, Jacque joined the landscape painting movement that derived its name from the village of Barbizon, southeast of Paris. The painters’ interest in 17th century artists’ direct study of nature also led them to revive etching techniques out of use since Rembrandt’s day. As Jacque’s earliest etchings date from 1842, he may be considered a precursor of the French etching revival. His views of country life influenced a generation of etchers. This scene is typical in its delicacy of tone, as well as its sympathetic attitude toward labor. When Seymour Haden was a medical student in Paris, his knowledge of Jacque’s work helped form his own etching style.
