Boarding the Bottin (L'Emmenagement au Bottin)
Medium
etching
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Joan Lees in memory of Edward Lees, M.D.
Accession Number
1981.58.5
Art Historical Context
Charles-François Daubigny, a leading figure in the Barbizon School of landscape painting, created *Boarding the Bottin (L'Emmenagement au Bottin)* in 1862 as an etching. This intimate print captures a moment of everyday life along the French waterways, likely referencing Daubigny's own houseboat, *Le Bottin*, which he launched that year as a floating studio on the Oise River near Paris. Belonging to the mid-19th-century Realist tradition, the work reflects the Barbizon artists' commitment to direct observation of nature, bridging Romanticism and the emerging Impressionist movement. Etching, D...
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...