Washerwomen at the Oise River near Valmondois
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 24 x 46 cm (9 7/16 x 18 1/8 in.) framed: 42.9 x 63.8 x 8.9 cm (16 7/8 x 25 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of R. Horace Gallatin
Accession Number
1949.1.3
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...