Beach Scene at Trouville
1863
Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 34.8 x 57.5 cm (13 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
framed: 55.6 x 78.1 x 3.8 cm (21 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1983.1.14
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Charles de Bériot, Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 11 March 1901, no. 1); purchased by Georges Feydeau; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4 April 1903, no. 3); purchased by (Bernheim-Jeune).[1] (Durand-Ruel, Paris). (Hodebert, Paris). A. Comard, Paris. (Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York); sold January 1958 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA;[2] gift 1983 to NGA.
[1] Annotated sales catalogues and press clippings in M. Knoedler library and microfiche.
[2] Durand-Ruel through Mellon according to Mellon records in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1955
Europäische Meister 1790-1910, Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, 1955, no. 19, as Plage.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 10, repro.
1989
Paintings by Eugène Boudin from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, no cat.
1992
Boudin at Trouville, The Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museum; Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1992-1993, no. 30, repro., as The Beach at Trouville.
2003
Manet and the Sea, Art Institute of Chicago; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2003-2004, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 83.
2007
Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no cat.
Eugene Boudin, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007-2008, no cat.
2013
Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 10.
Bibliography
1927
Roger-Marx, Claude. E. Boudin Paris, 1927: plate 5, as Plage.
1973
Schmit, Robert. Eugéne Boudin, 1824-1898. 3 vols. Paris, 1973: 1:no. 274.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 64, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: E. Boudin 63
Wikidata ID
Q20188635