The Tow Path (Translation)
Le Chemin de Halage (Primary Title)
Charles Émile Jacque, French, 1813 - 1894 (Artist)
Jacque, a skilled painter and etcher of pastoral themes, was a member of the Barbizon School, a group of painters whose artistic focus was images of ordinary rural subjects. In this print, Jacque drew inspiration from the artists who were considered the greatest masters of realism: Dutch 17th-century painters and etchers such as Rembrandt and Adriaen van Ostade.
Signed in plate lower right: Ch. Jacque
Inscribed in graphite lower right: "Le chemin de Halage/ G- 200- 1er tirage, du chine avant le lettre" and "25t"
Purchased as a gift of Frank Raysor
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", The National Sporting Library & Museum, May 6 - July 31, 2016
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
"The French Horse from Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", University of Richmond, March 3 - April 25, 2016
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