Head of a Woman, after Greuze

Head of a Woman, after Greuze

Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This etching represents the only French painting (71.91) included in Jacquemart’s print portfolio celebrating the founding collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The etcher’s interpretation in black and white appears to exaggerate somewhat the intensity of the figure’s expression compared to Greuze’s painting, but critics for the "Art Journal" admired the "combined delicacy and power" of the plate.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.