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
Rights
Public Domain
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...