A Coast Road with Cliffs in the North of France
Eugène Isabey
c.1830
Medium
graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 15.56 × 24.77 cm (6 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Andrew Robison
Accession Number
2014.140.3
About the Artist
Eugène Isabey
Eugène Isabey (1803–1886) was a French painter and lithographer known for his dramatic seascapes, coastal scenes, and historical compositions. Born in Paris, he was the son of the celebrated miniaturist and portraitist Jean-Baptiste Isabey, who provided his early artistic training. The younger Isabey studied briefly with various masters but was largely shaped by his father's studio and by his own ...