Charles-François Daubigny
The Ruins of the Château at Crémieu
1849
Physical Qualities
Etching and softground etching (cravate), Sheet: 129 x 205 mm. (5 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Plate: 120 x 196 mm. (4 3/4 x 7 11/16 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
1996.48.4081
Printed in brown-black ink. This impression lacks the inscibed "11" in the upper right, as described for the first state by Delteil and Melot. Later state from the series "Eaux-fortes par Daubigny".
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower left "Daubigny"
Markings: None
