Nocturne
ca. 1885
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on off-white wove paper adhered to wove paper
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 7 in. (21 x 17.8 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Miss Louise Veltin, 1937
Accession Number
37.104
Tags
About the Artist
John La Farge · 1835–1910
John La Farge (1835–1910) was born into a wealthy French émigré family in New York City, the son of John Frederick La Farge and Louisa Binsse de Saint-Victor. Educated at Jesuit institutions including Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland and St. John's College (now Fordham University), he initially pursued law but turned to art after receiving early drawing lessons from his maternal grandfather, a...