The Banks of Cousin
Medium
Etching; sixth state of seven (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 5 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (14.6 × 12.1 cm) Plate: 7 1/2 in. × 6 in. (19.1 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 12 in. × 10 1/4 in. (30.5 × 26 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.29.3
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...