1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Woman Seated against a Wall, Child with His Head in Her Lap (Femme assise, muraille au fond, enfant la tete dans son giron is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a woman sitting against a rough wall, holding a child whose head rests in her lap. The lines are scratchy and thick, like they were made by pressing hard into the paper. Her face is serious, and the child’s head is tucked close to her chest. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create these deep, textured lines. It’s a way to make prints that look almost like sketches. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like Legros made these detailed prints.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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