Collection

Le Havre, The Port (Le Havre, Le Port)

Eugène Louis Boudin

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

For Boudin, the sky—with its constant cloud motion and ever-changing light—proved a powerful source of inspiration throughout his career. Here, as in so many of his works, Boudin devotes two-thirds of the composition to the sky. While the thick clouds—painted in hues of white, gray, and even yellow—move across the bright blue sky, the water remains relatively still, providing faintly shimmering reflections of the masts and crane of the port.

Caption

Eugène Louis Boudin (French, 1824–1898). Le Havre, The Port (Le Havre, Le Port), 1884. Oil on panel, 12 3/4 × 16 3/16 in. (32.4 × 41.1 cm) frame: 20 × 23 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (50.8 × 59.7 × 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband, 13.48. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Le Havre, The Port (Le Havre, Le Port)

Date

1884

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Oil on panel

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

12 3/4 × 16 3/16 in. (32.4 × 41.1 cm) frame: 20 × 23 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (50.8 × 59.7 × 8.9 cm)

Signatures

Signed and dated lower right: "E. Boudin/26 Aout 84"

Markings

Stamped verso: "FAB[?] DE COULEURS FINES [?] TOILES A TABLEAUX/P. APRIN/45 Rue de Douai 45/PARIS"

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband

Accession Number

13.48

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Artists and makers

Eugène Louis Boudin

6 works in the collection