On the Beach at Trouville

Eugène Louis Boudin, 1863

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On the Beach at Trouville, 1863. Oil on wood.

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Oil on wood · 10 1/2 × 19 in. (26.7 × 48.3 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: On the Beach at Trouville
Artist: Eugène Boudin (French, Honfleur 1824–1898 Deauville)
Date: 1863
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 10 1/2 × 19 in. (26.7 × 48.3 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Amelia B. Lazarus, 1907
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1824–1898

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