Landscape
ca. 1850 (?)
Medium
Black chalk on gray laid paper heightened with white chalk
Dimensions
15 3/4 × 22 7/16 in. (40 × 57 cm) Framed: 25 × 31 in. (63.5 × 78.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.574
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Eugène Boudin · 1824–1898
Eugène Louis Boudin was born on July 12, 1824, in Honfleur, Normandy, the son of a harbor pilot. When his family relocated to Le Havre, his father opened a stationery and picture-framing shop, and it was there that the young Boudin first encountered working artists. Artists such as Constant Troyon and Jean-François Millet recognized his talent and urged him toward a career in art. In 1850, a munic...