The Eagle's Nest in the Forest of Fontainebleau (Le nid de l'aigle dans la Foret de Fontainebleau
in or before 1844
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 14.2 x 21.4 cm (5 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.) plate: 18.9 x 24.5 cm (7 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 23 x 31 cm (9 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Joan Lees
Accession Number
1986.52.1
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...