Amphitheater of the Botanical Gardens, Paris
Medium
Etching; second state of three (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 6 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (17.1 × 10.8 cm) Sheet: 10 × 6 in. (25.4 × 15.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1979
Accession Number
63.625.79
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the lush world of 19th-century Paris with Charles-François Daubigny's *Amphitheater of the Gardens, Paris* (1842), a delicate etching in its second state of three. intimate print, measuring just 6 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches, captures the elegant amphitheater nestled within the Jardin des Plantes, one Europe's oldest botanical gardens founded in 1626. Daubigny, then a young artist of 25, skillfully renders the garden's architectural harmony—curving stone tiers blending seamlessly with verdant surroundings—evoking the era's fascination with nature's ordered beauty amid urban growth. As a pion...
About the Artist
Charles-François Daubigny · 1817–1878
Charles-François Daubigny was born on February 15, 1817, in Paris into a family of artists, with his father, Edmé-François Daubigny, a classical landscape painter, and his uncle, Pierre Daubigny, a miniaturist, providing his initial artistic training. He further studied under Jean-Victor Bertin, Jacques Raymond Brascassat, and Paul Delaroche at the École des Beaux-Arts, though he quickly moved bey...