New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Landscape with Ruins

Artist Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817 - 1878)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1850

MediumCharcoal

DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (44.5 x 62.9 cm)

InscribedStamped lower right corner with the artist's estate stamp (Lugt 518). Inscribed on the verso in blue pencil, 9164.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.748

Not on view

DescriptionA road, surrounded on the right with wood and on the left by a cliff, curves with a figure in the middle.

ProvenanceCastano Galleries, Boston; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., May 28, 1953; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1971. Exhibition History"Charles-Francois Daubigny, 1817-1878," The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, March 26 - April 23, 1978. "Master Drawings from the Chrysler Museum," Small Changing Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, February 26 - April 23, 1989. "France Delineated: French Works on Paper, 1650 to 1920", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 13 - September 19, 1993. Published ReferencesEric M. Zafran. _One Hundred Drawings in the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Chrysler Museum. 1979. No. 64, p. 27.