Field and Mill at Osny (Pontoise), 1885
1885
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and aquatint on heavy beige laid paper; sixth state of six
Dimensions
sheet: 11 5/16 x 17 in. (28.8 x 43.2 cm) plate: 6 1/8 x 9 7/16 in. (15.6 x 23.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1917
Accession Number
17.24.4
Tags
About the Artist
Camille Pissarro · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...