Harvard Art Museums > 2008.111: Landscape after Ruisdael: Ray of Sunlight Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Landscape after Ruisdael: Ray of Sunlight (Charles-François Daubigny) , 2008.111,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/56832. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2008.111 People Charles-François Daubigny, French (Paris 1817 - 1878 Paris) Title Landscape after Ruisdael: Ray of Sunlight Other Titles Original Language Title: Coup de Soleil Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1860 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/56832 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 44.1 x 47.5 cm (17 3/8 x 18 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Daubigny collector's mark: recto, lower right, red ink, stamped: collector's mark of Alfred Lebrun (1830-1898/99), L. 140 inscription: lower left of plate margin, printer's ink, etching, signed, in artist's hand: etched signature: Daubigny State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ib or ii/iii Standard Reference Number D., M. 93 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in honor of Seymour Slive Accession Year 2008 Object Number 2008.111 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary Daubigny, among all the French etchers of the 19th century, was uniquely qualified to execute prints after the Dutch painter, Ruisdael, since he had modeled many aspects of his own landscape painting style after the earlier master and, in 1853, he had been awarded a 1st class medal at the French Salon for etching, a requirement for commissions from the Chalcographie of the Bibliotheque Nationale. This plate, commissioned in 1855 from the Ruisdael painting "Le Coup de Soleil", in the collection of the Louvre since the late 18th century, was completed in 1860 and exhibited at the 1861 Salon. Although the Chalcographie published proof impressions prior to lettering the plate for the regular edition, this impression does not bear the Chalcographie seal. It is evidently one of the dozen or so preliminary proofs pulled by Delâtre, which according to Michel Melot, cataloguer of Daubigny's prints, were much more desirable than the Chalcographie proofs. Even earlier proofs, complete with the artist's signature, as here, were also pulled, some prior to extensive cross-hatching. This impression is in perfect condition, which derives from an important French 19th-century collection, that of Alfred Lebrun, a banker and serious print amateur, who was the first cataloguer of the printed oeuvre of Millet. Lebrun would have had the inclination and would have been in a position to acquire the earliest proofs of a plate such as this. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
