Daims dans un Parc

Bodmer employed the fine lines of etching to achieve delicate textures: the bark of the trees, the soft fur of the deer, and the subtle gradations of light across the foliage are rendered with meticulous precision. His use of muted tonal values reflects a restrained palette typical of mid‑nineteenth‑century Romantic prints, balancing detail with atmospheric depth.

The etching was produced during Bodmer’s prolific period of documenting the Rhine, Mosel, and Lahn river valleys, regions he visited repeatedly for artistic study. While the exact ownership trail of this particular print is not fully documented, it forms part of Bodmer’s broader body of work that circulated among collectors of European landscape prints in the latter half of the 1800s.