Four Ladies Seated at Trouville

1866

Eugène Boudin

Associated Names
Eugène Boudin

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

The image shows four people: three women sitting on chairs and one man standing on the right. The women are wearing long dresses with different styles and accessories. Some have their hair up and wear hats or pins, and two women wear shawls. The man is standing in a coat and cap, with his hands in his pockets. In the background, there is a soft, muted ambiance with faint outlines of ships or masts in a broad open space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite with black chalk over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16.9 x 27.4 cm (6 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.79

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(M. Knoedler & Co., New York). Mrs. Edward Hutton, Long island; (sale, Sotheby's, London 1 July 1964, no. 10); acquired by (Hector Brame) for Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 214, repro.

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

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce; Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition 1941-1966. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966: 214 (as "Four Seated Ladies in Crinolines, Trouville").

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 1866-

Wikidata ID

Q64560181

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