Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 347 x 264 mm. (13 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Plate: 192 x 130 mm. (7 9/16 x 5 1/8 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
1996.48.4051
Dedicated to Chevillon - perhaps Jules Chevillon, proprietor of a popular hotel in Barbizon.
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, dated, and dedicated in pencil: bottom right "Daubigny à / son ami Chevillon / 30 Mai 1854[or 7?]" Signed and inscribed in plate: lower left "Daubigny"; lower center "petits oiseaux le printemps vient de naitre / oiseaux chantez le printemps et l'amour"
Markings: None
