The artwork titled “The Summer,” created by artist James Tissot in 1878, employs the mediums of drypoint and etching. It belongs to the Japonism art movement and falls within the portrait genre. The dimensions of the artwork are 20.95 x 37.47 cm.
The artwork showcases a woman elegantly dressed in late 19th-century attire, holding a parasol. The influence of the Japonism movement is evident in the use of the parasol and the stylized approach to both the figure and the background, highlighting the cross-cultural exchange between Western and Japanese art. The woman’s serene expression and poised demeanor are rendered with delicate and precise linework, characteristic of Tissot’s meticulous technique in printmaking.
