La Grande Ville: Nouveau Tableau de Paris Comique, Critique et Philosophique, by Paul de Kock. Paris (Maresq)1844. 2 vols.
Medium
illustrated book
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.87.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
**La Grande Ville: Nouveau Tableau de Paris Comique, Critique et Philosophique** Step into the bustling streets of 1840s Paris with this charming two-volume illustrated book, published in 1844 by Maresq. Authored by the prolific French novelist Charles-Paul de Kock, known for his lively depictions of everyday urban life, the work offers a "comic, critical, and philosophical" portrait of the French capital. Illustrations by Charles-François Daubigny, the renowned Barbizon school landscape painter in his early career, bring de Kock's vignettes to life, capturing scenes of men at work—particular...
About the Artist
Charles-François Daubigny|Maresq|Charles-Paul de Kock · 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...