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Twilight
Charles-François Daubigny1866
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
During the 1860s, Daubigny began regularly painting moonlight scenes, evoking a mood of melancholy that his biographer Frédéric Henriet attributed to his advancing age. He cruised up and down the Seine River in his studio-boat in search of subjects such as this view near the village of Andrésy. The picture was probably completed in the studio over several sessions and exhibited at the 1867 Paris Salon.
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- Title: Twilight
- Creator: Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)
- Date Created: 1866
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)
- Provenance: M. Coing (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John Taylor Johnston Sale, National Academy of Design New York, December 19-22, 1876, no. 54; William T. Walters, Baltimore, December 1876, by purchase [Robert Somerville as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: oil paintings; panel paintings
- Medium: oil on panel
- Inscriptions: [Signature] In dark brown at lower left: Daubigny; [Date] In dark brown at lower left: 1886
- Exhibitions: The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh. 2008-2009., The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. 1889-1890., Salon, Paris, 1867. Musée du Louvre, Paris. 1867., The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005., Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998.
- Dimensions: H: 17 11/16 x W: 32 1/16 in. (45 x 81.5 cm); Framed H: 29 1/2 x W; 43 5/8 x D: 4 1/2 in. (74.93 x 110.81 x 11.43 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.128
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