View of Beirut

Jules CoignetWW-1844-320395

1844·Oil on paper, laid down on canvas·13 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. (33.3 x 51.7 cm)

The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003

Catalogue

Year: 1844
Medium: Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 20 3/8 in. (33.3 x 51.7 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Jules Coignet

Artist

Jules Coignet

Painting

Jules Louis Philippe Coignet was born in Paris in 1798 and died there in 1860. He was a noted landscape painter who had studied under Jean-Victor Bertin. He travelled a good deal in his own country as well as elsewhere in Europe and the East, and produced a considerable number of views. A regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon exhibitions, he was awarded a gold medal there in the Salon of 1824 and was given state recognition by being made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1836.

Full artist profile →