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L’Abreuvoir

Charles-François Daubigny, Claude Lorrain, Chalcographie Imperiale du Louvre

L’Abreuvoir

1848

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Charles-François Daubigny, Claude Lorrain, Chalcographie Imperiale du Louvre

L’Abreuvoir

1848

Physical Qualities Etching and softground etching (cravate), roulette, Sheet: 284 x 367 mm. (11 3/16 x 14 7/16 in.) Plate: 262 x 346 mm. (10 5/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.4001
Printed in brown ink. Commissioned by Charles Blanc for the Chalcographie du Louvre after a drawing by Claude. Daubigny developed the process dubbed "la cravate" - as described by Melot "this is a way of obtaining an effect like aquatint through the use of a soft varnish on which is laid a piece of silk. When peeled off, the cloth leaves the imprint of its weave on the soft ground, and if the operation is done delicately the weave will show up in the acid-biting and give a tint to the inking."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Henriet, Frédéric. "Les paysagistes contemporains: Daubigny." Gazette des Beaux-arts 2nd ser. 9 (1874): 255-270, 464-475.

Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes (Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892): vol. V, pp. 91-98.

Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustré (Paris: Loys Delteil, 1906-1926): vol. XIII.
Comments: 31 vols. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions Ltd., Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy. The volume which covers 1830-1837 reprinted by Alan Wofsy, San Francisco, 2002.

Laran, Jean, et al. Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1930-ongoing): vol. 5, pp. 411-424 [MH-FA].

Fidell-Beaufort, Madeleine. The graphic art of Charles-François Daubigny (Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microforms International, 1974) Thesis: New York University.

Melot, Michel, Robert Erich Wolf (trans.). Graphic art of the Pre-Impressionists (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981). [NYPL].

Inscribed: Signed and inscribed in plate: lower left "Claude Lorrain del."; lower center "Musée du Louvre"; lower right "Daubigny sculp."

Markings: Blindstamp: Chalcographie du Louvre (Lugt 1695)

Artist

Charles-François Daubigny

French, 1817-1878
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Artist

Claude Lorrain

French, c. 1600-1682
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Printer/Publisher

Chalcographie Imperiale du Louvre

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