Petit portrait

Maurice Dumont

1895

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Portrait infant

About this work

This lithograph shows a small, simple portrait of a young man in red-brown ink. His face is half-lit, as if caught in soft sunlight. Dumont used a printing method called lithography, where grease and water don’t mix. The artist drew right on a smooth stone with a crayon-like tool. It feels quiet and personal. Look up the technique called lithography to see how it works.