The Hamlet of Optevoz
Charles-François Daubigny
ca. 1852
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
22 3/4 x 36 1/2 in. (57.8 x 92.7 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Robert Graham Dun, 1900
Accession Number
11.45.3
Tags
CowsTownsEvening
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...