The Boat in Conflans
Medium
etching on chine collé
Dimensions
sheet: 26.9 × 36.7 cm · platemark: 11 × 13.8 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Ralph King, the Frederick Keppel Memorial
Accession Number
1920.666
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About this artwork
Closely associated with the Barbizon school artists, Daubigny began his career painting landscapes in the Forest of Fontainebleau. His love of water scenes led him to portray innumerable sites along the rivers of France. In 1857, Daubigny launched his "botin," the studio boat that fostered the development of his plein-air aesthetic by enabling him to paint while traveling the French waterways, such as the Oise, the Marne, and the Seine rivers. This etching of the artist in his "floating studio" ...