Environs de Choisy-le-Roi
Medium
Etching; third state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 12 1/16 in. (22.4 × 30.6 cm) Image: 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (16.9 × 24.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Madeleine Fidell-Beaufort, in memory of Charles Theodore Price, 2018
Accession Number
2018.906.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Charles-François Daubigny’s *Environs de Choisy-le-Roi* (1843) captures the serene landscapes along the Seine River near Paris, a favored motif for the artist in his early career. Daubigny, a key figure in the Barbizon School, bridged Romanticism and the emerging Realism of the mid-19th century. This etching reflects his fascination with nature’s quiet beauty, sketching directly from life to evoke the subtle play of light on water and foliage—foreshadowing Impressionist techniques he would later inspire in artists like Monet. Printed as the third and final state of three, this etching demonst...
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...