Boats on the Seacoast at Etaples

Charles François Daubigny, 1871

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Boats on the Seacoast at Etaples, 1871. Oil on wood.

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Oil on wood · 13 1/2 x 22 7/8 in. (34.3 x 58.1 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Boats on the Seacoast at Etaples
Artist: Charles-François Daubigny (French, Paris 1817–1878 Paris)
Date: 1871
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 22 7/8 in. (34.3 x 58.1 cm)
Credit line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1903
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1817–1878

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