Rocky Landscape
ca. 1845–1850
Medium
Black chalk on brown paper
Dimensions
Overall: 17 11/16 x 24 3/4in. (44.9 x 62.8cm) frame: 24 1/2 x 16 in. (62.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Arthur L. Strasser, 1960
Accession Number
60.64
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...