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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Since Roche was primarily a sculptor and ceramist, he sought a more three-dimensional printmaking technique and experimented with the gypsograph, which is printed in relief. The figure of Prometheus (a Greek mythological figure punished by Zeus) appears to have been carved from the rocky outcropping behind it. At the same time, Roche created the effect of transparent water and reflection in the lower portion of the composition.
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Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911) — Job (2nd Plate)
Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904) — The Water Genius
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — A Child on a 
Gustave Doré — Wolk waarin figuren zweven
Rodolphe Bresdin — La Marécage (The Marsh)
William Walcot (British, 1874–1943) — Herodias: Page 55, Cul
Eugène Cicéri — Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris
Simon Glatzer (French, 1890–1945) — Chevalier
Ellen Thesleff (Finnish, 1869–1954) — At the Seashore
Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904) — XXVII
Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) — The Bather
Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576) — The Submersion of Pharaoh's