On the Banks of the Loing: Six Boats at their Moorings
1890
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.8 × 22.5 cm (5 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 22 × 31.3 cm (8 11/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2022.25.2
Art Historical Context
Nestled along the tranquil banks of the Loing River in France, Alfred Sis *On the Banks of theing: Six Boats at Moorings* (1890) captures a moment of everyday beauty. This intimate etching on laid paper, measuring a modest plate size of 14.8 × 22.5 cm, six boats gently secured at their moorings, evoking calm rhythms of rural life. Acquired through the Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund housed in the National Gallery of's Prints department (CG-E), it invites visitors to appreciate Sisley's mastery in a less common medium for the artist. As a leading Impressionist, Sisley was renowned for his luminou...
About the Artist
Alfred Sisley · 1839–1899
Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) was a British-born French Impressionist landscape painter who remained the most consistently devoted to pure Impressionist principles throughout his career. Born in Paris to prosperous English parents, he studied at the atelier of Charles Gleyre alongside Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Frédéric Bazille, forming friendships that placed him at the heart of the eme...