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Series Title: Rouen Illustré

La Cathedrale de Rouen

1888

Auguste Louis Lepère

(French, 1849–1918)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
wood engraving
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1921.1413
Catalogue raisonné
Lotz-Brissonneau 177; Le Blanc 177
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Not on view
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Description

Lepère developed an extraordinary mastery of wood engraving with which he achieved rich tonal contrasts. Felix Bracquemond, an important 19th-century etcher, called Lepère the artist who "sees as a painter and renders as a printmaker."
A vertically oriented wood engraving depicts the facade of Rouen Cathedral. A central arched portal is flanked by two towers: the left with a pointed roof and the taller right one with intricate stonework. Behind, a slender spire rises against a large circular form in the sky. Small figures populate the plaza in the foreground. Inscribed at the bottom right is "ROUEN" above "A. LEPERE."

La Cathedrale de Rouen

1888

Auguste Louis Lepère

(French, 1849–1918)
France, 19th century

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