General View of Castle Ruins and of The Village of Saint-Necataire
probably 1831
Medium
Lithograph in black on light gray chine collé laid down on ivory wove paper; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 7/8 in. × 14 in. (53.1 × 35.5 cm) Image: 12 13/16 × 9 15/16 in. (32.5 × 25.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William M. Ivins Jr., 1922
Accession Number
22.85.9
Tags
About the Artist
Eugène Isabey|Godefroy Engelmann
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 ...