Who created "Meeting in the Park"?

Meeting in the Park was created by Constantin Guys in ca. 1860.

When was "Meeting in the Park" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1860.

What medium is "Meeting in the Park"?

Meeting in the Park is Pen and brown ink, brush and gray, blue, and black wash.

Is "Meeting in the Park" in the public domain?

Yes, Meeting in the Park is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Meeting in the Park

Constantin Guys

ca. 1860

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray, blue, and black wash

Dimensions

8 9/16 x 11 13/16 in. (21.7 x 30 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1937

Accession Number

37.165.98

Tags

ParksMenWomen

Art Historical Context

**Meeting in the Park**, created around 1860 by Constantin Guys captures a lively moment of Parisian social life during the Second Empire. Guys, often hailed by poet Charles Baudelaire as the "painter of modern," specialized in spontaneous sketches of urban elegance—fashionable women in crinolines, dapper men, and bustling public spaces like parks. This drawing likely depicts a chance encounter amid the leafy promenades of Paris's newly renovated green oases, such as the Bois de Boulogne, where the elite flaunted the latest styles under Napoleon III's glittering regime. Rendered in pen and br...

About the Artist

Constantin Guys · 1802–1892

Constantin Guys, born Ernest-Adolphe-Hyacinthe-Constantin Guys de Saint-Hélène on December 3, 1802, in Vlissingen, Netherlands, to French parents François Lazare Guys and Elisabeth Bétin, spent his early years in a naval family that relocated to Calais around 1805. His early life is not well documented, with no records of formal art training, teachers, or schools; Guys appears to have been largely...

Meeting in the Park

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