Daubigny - Red Chalk Drawing - Cows On River Bank

Large red chalk drawing by Charles-François DAUBIGNY depicting a herd of cows heading towards a river, a rabbit running away at the bottom right of the composition.

Very beautiful work, richly animated, by one of the masters of the Barbizon school, monogrammed and bearing the stamp of the artist's post-mortem sale of 6-11 May 1878.
This drawing would correspond to number 468 of this sale, a red chalk titled "cows going to drink" (in french "vaches allant boire", see last photos).

Red chalk on paper glued to cardboard

Monogrammed bottom left "CD"
Red stamp of the sale after death bottom right (intertwined letters CD), referenced by Lugt under the number L.518

26 x 43 cms drawn part
28.5 x 44 cms entire sheet
44 x 60 cms with gilded frame 20th century

Good general condition, no holes, no tears... note some foxing on the sheet as so often happens on old drawings
Various framing annotations in french on the cardboard support, at the bottom ("white bevel, flush with the stamp...") and on the back as well as the mention in pencil "C.Daubigny, original red chalk drawing, countersigned CD"

Photos taken in natural light

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