Charles-François Daubigny

Ruins of the Château of Crémieux (Isère)

1850 · Etching, roulette and aquatint on cream Japanese paper · Image: 9.3 × 17.4 cm (3 11/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Plate: 12.1 × 19.7 cm (4 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 39.5 cm (10 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

Ruins of the Château of Crémieux (Isère), Daubigny, 1850
Art Institute of Chicago

Daubigny, Ruins of the Château of Crémieux (Isère), 1850. Etching, roulette and aquatint on cream Japanese paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · The Charles Deering Collection

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