The Approaching Storm
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Image: 4 1/4 × 6 5/8 in. (10.8 × 16.8 cm) Plate: 6 1/4 in. × 8 in. (15.9 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (23.5 × 31.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.29.4
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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...