View of a Mountain Village
Eugène Isabey
ca. 1829–33
Medium
Lithograph on chine collé
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 12 7/8 in. (17.7 × 32.7 cm) Image: 7 7/8 × 10 9/16 in. (20 × 26.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Randolph Gunter, 1959
Accession Number
59.646.1
Tags
VillagesMountainsHuman Figures
About the Artist
Eugène Isabey
Eugène Isabey (1803–1886) was a French painter and lithographer known for his dramatic seascapes, coastal scenes, and historical compositions. Born in Paris, he was the son of the celebrated miniaturist and portraitist Jean-Baptiste Isabey, who provided his early artistic training. The younger Isabey studied briefly with various masters but was largely shaped by his father's studio and by his own ...