1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Small Fountain, Child Playing on the Grotesques (Petite fontaine, enfant qui joue surdes masques) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, depicting Putto, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a small fountain with a child playing on strange stone faces. The child is playing on these faces, called grotesques, which are decorative but also a bit scary. This etching shows a quiet moment, and the way the child is interacting with the stone faces is interesting. Look up the technique of etching to learn more about how this image was created.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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