Le Châtaignier de Neuve-Celle, au bord du lac de Genève, after Daubigny 1835 - 1878

This 19th-century engraving by an anonymous artist, titled *Le Châtaignier de Neuve-Celle, au bord du lac de Genève*, depicts a large chestnut tree in the French countryside, a popular subject for Realist painter Charles-François Daubigny. The image is an engraving after a drawing by Daubigny, and was created by an anonymous artist. It shows a group of figures gathered around the tree, some sketching, suggesting a scene of artists on a plein air excursion. The work is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and exemplifies the popularity of natural landscapes as subject matter in 19th-century French art.