Dark interior etching in ornate gilt frame

A black-and-white etching laid into an ornate gilt frame shows a dark interior with a seated figure in a cloak, leaning over a pale object on a ledge. A bright opening at left lights a wall and a second shadowy figure beside it, with fine line shading throughout.

Artist

Theodore Roussel

Date

1907/08

Medium

Etching in black on ivory laid paper, joined and laid down onto wood frame, and varnished

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2227 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg