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Quay at Villefranche
1892
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.7 x 74.6 cm (19 15/16 x 29 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Deposited by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Accession NumberL-R 1322.12
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Boudin promoted the practice of painting outdoors believing “a work painted directly on the spot has always a strength, a power, a vividness of touch that one doesn’t find again in the studio.”
This painting from late in Boudin’s career showcases a luminous view of ships in a harbor underneath an expanse of sky swept with clouds. Boudin repeatedly visited the French Riviera in his later years, creating scenes of the sea, coastline, and tourists. Villefranche, with its 16th-century stone citadel seen at right, featured in a number of his paintings from the early 1890s.
This painting from late in Boudin’s career showcases a luminous view of ships in a harbor underneath an expanse of sky swept with clouds. Boudin repeatedly visited the French Riviera in his later years, creating scenes of the sea, coastline, and tourists. Villefranche, with its 16th-century stone citadel seen at right, featured in a number of his paintings from the early 1890s.
InscriptionsLower right: E. Boudin 92. / Villefranche 27 fev. 92.
ProvenanceMay 10, 1892, sold by the artist to Durand-Ruel, Paris; by 1898, with Durand-Ruel, New York; March 22, 1899, sold by Durand-Ruel, New York, to Senator Edward O. Wolcott, Colorado Springs and Washington DC; to his brother the Rev. William E. Wolcott, Lawrence, MA (d. 1911); bequeathed to the White Fund of Lawrence, MA.
On loan to the MFA by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, MA, since November 13, 1912.
On loan to the MFA by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, MA, since November 13, 1912.