Seascape with Sailing Vessel

c. 1875

Eugène Boudin

Associated Names
Eugène Boudin

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

The image shows a maritime scene with the sea stretching into the distance. The horizon is low in the composition, with a line where the water meets the sky. A ship with multiple sails is to the right, portrayed with broad, impressionistic brushstrokes. The color palette includes grays, blues, and browns. The sea has light strokes to depict gentle waves, and the sky above has soft, wispy strokes of blue and gray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 11.5 x 15.1 cm (4 1/2 x 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.139

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Captain Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], Paris, by 1952; acquired 1955 by Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969]; bequest 1970 to the NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.

2007

  • Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007 - 2008, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1952

  • Molyneux 1952, p.6.

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961: 10.

1977

  • DeLeiris/Smith 1977, 21.

Inscriptions

lower right stamped in blue ink: E.B (Lugt 828)

Wikidata ID

Q64560142

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