Wreath of Wildflowers, title for "Eaux-Fortes par Daubigny"
Medium
Etching; ninth state of ten (Delteil)
Dimensions
Plate: 8 in. × 5 3/4 in. (20.3 × 14.6 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 in. × 12 in. (44.5 × 30.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. David J. Impastato, 1962
Accession Number
62.617.3
Tags
About the Artist
Charles-François Daubigny|C. Delâtre · 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...