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An Accident  1879

by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret

After training with Alexandre Cabanel (1823-89) and Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), Dagnan-Bouveret turned from Classical themes to subjects drawn from everyday life. In this scene, a country doctor bandages a boy's injured hand, while his family looks on with varying expressions of concern. The artist witnessed an incident like this while traveling with a doctor friend in t...
Size: 
H: 35 11/16 x W: 51 1/2 in. (90.7 x 130.8 cm)
Medium: 
oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum