Ruins of the Chateau of Crèmieux (Isère)
Medium
Etching and aquatint on chine collé; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 3 5/8 × 6 7/8 in. (9.2 × 17.5 cm) Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 5/8 in. (31.1 × 44.8 cm) Plate: 4 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (12.1 × 19.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of David Keppel, 1917
Accession Number
17.21.11
Tags
About the Artist
Charles-François Daubigny|Auguste Delâtre · 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...