Auguste Enfantin (1793-1827), A Rest at the Drinking Trough, 19th c., Etching

Beschreibung: Auguste Enfantin (1793 Belleville bei Paris - 1827 Neapel), A Rest at the Drinking Trough, 19th century, Etching

Technique: Etching on paper
Size: 24,7 x 28,3 cm, Plate: 18,9 x 24,1 cm | 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in, Plate: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in
Inscription: lower right collector's stamp Friedrich August II von Sachsen (Lugt no. 971)

Condition: Overall fine, slightly browned.

Description: Enfantin shows us here the idyllic picture of a pastorale with a resting shepherd with his animals in the shade of large trees in a wide landscape. In the front a watering place and two animals resting in the grass. Enfantin probably made this etching during his stay in Italy between 1825 and 1827. In Rome he had contact with artists such as François-Edouard Bertin and Camille Corot. In 1827, at the age of 34, he died in Naples.

Keywords: Romanticism, Genre, Landscape, Italy, France, Travel, Printmaking, Etching, Shepherd, Cow, Landscape, Goat, Tree, Rock

Zustand: Overall fine, slightly browned. Hinweise: Romanticism, Genre, Landscape, Italy, France, Travel, Printmaking, Etching, Shepherd, Cow, Landscape, Goat, Tree, Rock Herkunft: Friedrich August II von Sachsen Abmessungen: 24,7 x 28,3 cm, Plate: 18,9 x 24,1 cm | 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in, Plate: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in Name des Künstlers: Auguste Enfantin (1793-1827) Medium: Etching on paper