Sketch for The Swineherd (Le Troupeau de Porcs)
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Sketch for The Swineherd (Le Troupeau de Porcs)
184519th century
130 x 225 mm (5.1 x 8.9 in.)
Charles Émile Jacque, French, (1813–1894)
This etching has always been regarded as JacqueÆs masterpiece, mainly for its atmosphere of sombre isolation. The pigs are actually hunting truffles. —Richard S. Field.
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- sheet Dimensions: 130 x 225 mm (5.1 x 8.9 in.)
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Charles Émile Jacque, French, (1813–1894) . Sketch for The Swineherd (Le Troupeau de Porcs), 1845. Pencil drawing on browned tracing paper. sheet : 130 x 225 mm (5.1 x 8.9 in.). DAC accession number 1947.D1.79.1. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1947. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Cook) .
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