Original etching by Leon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925) with an episcopal visitation inside a Gothic church: the bishop with crozier and mitre giving his blessing among the heavy piers while the village women, in black head coverings, kneel in the foreground. Signed in the plate at the lower left.
Original etching by Leon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925) with an episcopal visitation inside a Gothic church: the bishop with crozier and mitre giving his blessing among the heavy piers while the village women, in black head coverings, kneel in the foreground. Signed in the plate at the lower left.
Lhermitte, one of the great French etchers of the naturalist school, is known precisely for these scenes of rural and religious life treated with carefully worked light.
Medium: Original etching on laid paper.
Artist: Leon Augustin Lhermitte.
Date: 1881.
Dimensions: Sheet 9.4 x 13.5 in (24 x 34.3 cm).
Condition: Good condition; mounted on card, with the plate mark well defined.