Coast of Brittany, 1870

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 47.3 x 66 cm (18 5/8 x 26 in.)

framed: 65.1 x 83.8 cm (25 5/8 x 33 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1983.1.11

Artists / Makers

Eugène Boudin (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: E. Boudin 70

Provenance

Probably (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 May 1873, no. 8).[1] (Arthur Tooth and Sons, London); sold December 1961 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1983 to NGA.

[1] According to Robert Schmidt, Eugene Boudin, 1824-1898, Paris, 1973: no. 519.

Associated Names

Drouot, Hôtel
Mellon, Paul
Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Arthur

Exhibition History

1989: Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 32, repro.

1991: The Rise of Landscape Painting in France: Corot to Monet, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester; IBM Museum of Science and Art, New York; Dallas Museum of Art; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1991-1992, 104-105, repro. 107, 226, no. 5.

1997: Extended loan for use by Secretary Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.

2007: Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no cat.

2007: 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.

Bibliography

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 64, repro.

1990: Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 32, repro.

1991: Champa, Kermit Swiler. The Rise of Landscape Painting in France: Corot to Monet. Exh. cat. The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, 1991: 104-105, repro. 107, 226, no. 5.