# Reading

- By: Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906)
- Date: c. 1875–1900
- Medium: brush and brown ink
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Image: 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10 5/8 in.); Sheet: 41.8 x 66.6 cm (16 7/16 x 26 1/4 in.)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.212)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1957.212/1957.212_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Eugène Carrière was known for the evocative, hazy brushwork he used throughout various media. Executed in his signature style, this drawing likely depicts the artist's family studying a book together. Carrière favored such intimate domestic scenes, using ethereal ochre marks to allow his subjects to blend into their surroundings.