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Cliffs by the Sea at Cézembre, Brittany by Eugène Isabey

Cliffs by the Sea at Cézembre, Brittany

Eugène Isabey · 1825

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DETAILS
Artist
Eugène Isabey
Date
1825
Medium
watercolor and gouache with black chalk
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
France, 19th century
Credit line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of the Club's seventy-fifth anniversary
ART MOVEMENTS
Barbizon school
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Eugène Isabey

Eugène Isabey, a Romantic painter and lithographer, famously depicted the return of Napoleon's remains and captured the drama of marine life.

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