Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)
Le Bateau Atelier - Self-Portrait in his Floating Studio
Original Etching, 1861
Signed in the Plate
Image Size: 6 3/4" x 9 7/8"
Reference: Melot D 111

Daubigny is here pictured in the floating studio which he had built in 1857. In this boat he undertook several long painting voyages which inspired a series of etched studies entitled Le Voyage en Bateau including this self-portrait.