62 / 78
24
.
Soleil couchant, 1859
Sunset
Pen and ink on
papier calque,
6
1
⁄
2
by
10
1
⁄
4
inches (
16
.
5
by
26
.
1
cm)
Redrawn in pencil on verso
This drawing is related to the Salon painting of
1859
titled
Paysan
abreuvant son âne
(fig.
4;
Moreau-Nélaton, fig
51
) from which Daubigny
made a print published in
Gazette des Beaux-Arts
,
1959
, vol. II,
celebrating that year’s Salon (fig.
3;
Delteil
95
). Our drawing is the same
size as the print and was probably used in the preparation of the printing
plate.
Fig.
3
Fig.
4