The Sparrow Aviary

1843

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions: Overall: 6 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (17 x 13 cm)
Collection no.: 25.75.79
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Charles-François Daubigny. The Sparrow Aviary. Charles-François Daubigny; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Sparrow Aviary — Charles-François Daubigny. 1843.

Medium: Etching; second state of two (Delteil). Dimensions: Overall: 6 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (17 x 13 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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