Daubigny, Drawings for the Voyage en Bateau

24 . Soleil couchant, 1859 Sunset Pen and ink on papier calque, 6 1 ⁄ 2 Redrawn in pencil on verso

by 10 1 ⁄ 4

inches ( 16 . 5 by 26 . 1 cm)

This drawing is related to the Salon painting of 1859 titled Paysan abreuvant son âne (fig. 4; Moreau-Nélaton, fig 51 ) from which Daubigny made a print published in Gazette des Beaux-Arts , 1959 , vol. II, celebrating that year’s Salon (fig. 3; Delteil 95 ). Our drawing is the same size as the print and was probably used in the preparation of the printing plate.

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