The Edge of the Woods, near Rambouillet 1860

"The Edge of the Woods, near Rambouillet" is an etching by Eugène Bléry, created in 1860. The print depicts a picturesque landscape scene featuring a path leading through a grove of trees, with a small cottage visible in the distance. Bléry's meticulous detail in depicting the texture and form of the trees is characteristic of his work. The scene evokes a sense of peace and tranquility, typical of the Barbizon School, a movement of French landscape artists whose work emphasized realism and the depiction of nature. The print, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, exemplifies the aesthetic of 19th-century landscape art.