Little Birds
Medium
Etching; fourth state of four (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 5 7/8 in. × 4 in. (14.9 × 10.2 cm) Plate: 7 1/2 in. × 5 in. (19.1 × 12.7 cm) Sheet: 9 in. × 6 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of David Keppel, 1917
Accession Number
17.21.14
Tags
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...