The Terrace of the Villa Brancas (1876): Art, History and Details

The Terrace of the Villa Brancas (1876) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Here, two women are seated on a sunny terrace in the lush landscape at Sèvres. One figure, presumably Bracquemond's wife, Marie, who was also an artist, draws the other, who is posed with an umbrella. The old porcelain manufactory and part of Bellevue is visible among the trees. The artist is alert and active, a pencil poised in her right hand, while the subject of her portrait demurely casts her gaze downward. Here, the 19th-century woman is depicted both in the midst of creating a work of art, and as the passive subject of one.

Object facts

• Title: The Terrace of the Villa Brancas
• Date: 1876
• Creator attribution: Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching
• Dimensions: Sheet: 29.8 x 42.3 cm (11 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.); Platemark: 25.4 x 35.4 cm (10 x 13 15/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2005.240

Collection credit

Gift of John Bonebrake

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