Beach Scene, 1862

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 92

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 31.2 x 47.5 cm (12 5/16 x 18 11/16 in.)

framed: 47.3 x 63.5 cm (18 5/8 x 25 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1983.1.13

Artists / Makers

Eugène Boudin (artist) French, 1824 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: E. Boudin 1862

Provenance

(Galerie Joseph Allard, Paris). (Piaggi, Paris).[1] purchased 1960 from an anonymous collection in England by (Arthur Tooth and Sons, London, Paris and New York); sold July 1960 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA;[2] gift 1983 to NGA.

[1] Provenance according to Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, 1824-1898, 3 vols., Paris, 1973: 1:no. 257.

[2] Acquisition source and date according to Paul Mellon records in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Galerie Joseph Allard
Mellon, Paul
Piaggi
Tooth & Sons, Ltd., Arthur
Unknown Collection, England

Exhibition History

1949: Anthology: French Pictures from Private Collections, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 1949, no. 21.

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 13, repro.

1989: Paintings by Eugène Boudin from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, no cat.

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.

2009: Loan to display with permanent collection, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2009-2010, no catalogue.

Bibliography

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