Eugène Boudin
French, 1824–1898
Villefranche
c. 1892
Boudin wintered in Villefranche, a town in Southern France near Nice, in his later years. The bell tower of Saint Michel’s Church dominates this view of a bustling street in the town’s historic center. The blue Mediterranean sky complements the creamy yellows and oranges of the buildings, while the townspeople, painted with a few quick brushstrokes, enliven the shadows with occasional touches of color.
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 16 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (41 x 32.7 cm) Frame: 22 3/4 × 19 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (57.8 × 50.2 × 6.7 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.547 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Eugène Boudin, Villefranche, c. 1892, oil on panel. Clark Art Institute, 1955.547
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Provenance
J. K. Newman, New York (until 1935, his sale, American Art Association Galleries, New York, 6 Dec. 1935, no. 6); Stanley M. Carper, Detroit; [Clyfford Trevor, New York, sold to Clark, 27 Nov. 1942]; Robert Sterling Clark (1942–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
