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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."
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Document identity
localId
102772
label
La Cathedrale de Rouen
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obj
dtoType
print
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1
Source metadata
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102772
contentType
print
title
La Cathedrale de Rouen
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."
date
1888
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79503351
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13243
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Print
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1
source
import
cul
France, 19th century
accession
1921.1413
Source extras
tec
wood engraving
tombstone
(Rouen Illustré): La Cathedrale de Rouen, 1888. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918). Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1921.1413
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Rouen Illustré
collection
PR - Wood engraving
catalogueRaisonne
Lotz-Brissonneau 177; Le Blanc 177
creditline
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:32:53.671000
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102772
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Prints
coll
PR - Wood engraving
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wood engraving
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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