Sailboats in a Sunlit Harbor (recto)

1830s

Eugène Isabey

Associated Names
Eugène Isabey

Artist, French, 1803 - 1886

The image depicts a coastal scene with sailboats on the water in front of a building. The horizon is marked by the meeting of water and distant structures. A building with a red roof stands out against a soft sky. Loose watercolor brushstrokes create a light and spontaneous feel. The color palette includes earth tones and pastels such as grays, browns, and blues. Sailboats with bright yellow and red accents are in the foreground, set against a serene backdrop of hills and water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Dyke Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.8 x 22.6 cm (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.63.1.a

Associated Artworks

A Town Wharf with Boats (verso)

Eugène Isabey

1830


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Album in possession of the artist's family, by descent; (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013 (not in catalogue).

Inscriptions

by later hand, verso in graphite: 020548

Wikidata ID

Q64560488

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