Sunrise from the series Six Etchings by Mlle B.E. van Houten (Six eaux-fortes par Mlle B.E. van Houten)
Barbara Elisabeth van Houten (1862 - 1950), 1886
etching on paper, 36.3 cm x 53.8 cm
Credits: The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
This etching, based on a painting by Camille Corot, is part of a series. After completing her studies at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Van Houten proposed to the Mesdags that she make reproduction etchings of French paintings in their collection. With their support, and in collaboration with the Parisian publisher Boussod, Valadon & Cie., a luxury portfolio containing six etchings was published in 1886. This special edition immediately gave her international visibility as an up and coming artist.
As with all of Van Houten’s reproduction etchings, this is not an exact copy. What she aimed to do was understand the artist's intentions and capture them in an etching.
- Object number
- hwm0967b
- Edition
- 10 op perkament, 50 op Chinees papier
- Dimensions
- 36.3 cm x 53.8 cm, 24.1 cm x 31.3 cm, 21.3 cm x 28.8 cm
- printmaker
- Barbara Elisabeth van Houten
- after
- Camille Corot
- publisher
- Valadon & Cie Boussod
- Credits
- The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
Knuttel, G., Barbara van Houten, Amsterdam, 1948, p. 45
Knuttel, G., Barbara van Houten, Amsterdam, 1948, p. 45
