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Bordeaux, the Harbor

Eugène Louis Boudin (French, 1824-1898) (Painter)
1874
oil on canvas
(18th and 19th Centuries )

A direct link between the Barbizon generation and the impressionists, Boudin encouraged Monet to paint landscapes directly from nature. This harbor scene was painted in 1874, the same year as the first impressionist exhibition, which included works by Boudin. In this scene, the evocation of the grays and pinks of a cloudy day aptly demonstrates why Corot called Boudin the "Monarch of the Skies."

Inscription

[Signature] Lower right: E. Boudin; [Inscription] Lower right: Bordeaux; [Signature] Partially obsucred by a paint film is an earlier signature slightly above the present signature

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Cyrus J. Lawrence, New York; Sale, American Art Association, Mendelssohn Hall, New York, January 21 and 22, 1910, no. 58; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase [under the alias of Henry Chester]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2008-2009 The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh.
2004-2005 The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1998-2001 Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1998 Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1990 Illuminations: Images of Landscape in France, 1855-1885. The Heckscher Museum, Huntington; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
Treatment cleaned; loss compensation; other
12/14/1959 Treatment loss compensation; other
6/1/1971 Treatment cleaned
6/1/1971 Treatment cleaned; other
8/25/1989 Examination examined for loan
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Geographies

France, Bordeaux (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Painted surface: H: 11 15/16 × W: 18 1/4 in. (30.3 × 46.3 cm)
Framed: H: 21 3/8 × W: 27 5/8 × D: 4 3/4 in. (54.3 × 70.2 × 12.1 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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37.841

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