Sinbad the Sailor (Sinbad le marin) 

Alphonse Legros's etching, *Sinbad the Sailor*, portrays the titular character in a moment of solitude and despair. Sinbad sits slumped against a rock, his head in his hands, his body language conveying a sense of weariness and exhaustion. The distant horizon and the use of cross-hatching to represent the rough sea suggest the perilous journeys Sinbad has endured, creating a sense of melancholic realism. The print is a powerful example of Legros's mastery of the etching medium, and his keen understanding of human emotion.