The Beach at Villerville

Provenance

Acquired in Boston or New York, 1866, as _Beach near Scheveningen_ by Dr. Henry Clay Angell [d. 1911], Boston; by inheritance to his wife Martha Bartlett Angell [d. 1919], Boston; gift 1916 to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;[1] 1950 to (E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York);[2] sold 1951 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[3] bequest 1963 to NGA. [1]Accession no. 19.99, gift of Angell made in 1916, but not accessioned by museum until 1919. See _Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin_ XVII, no. 101 (June 1919) on the Angell gift. [2] In partial purchase and exchange for Boston MFA 50.2716. [3]Invoice dated 21 May 1951 to Chester Dale from E. and A. Silberman Galleries in NGA curatorial files.

The Beach at Villerville

Boudin, Eugène

1864

Accession Number

1963.10.4

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 45.7 x 76.3 cm (18 x 30 1/16 in.) | framed: 71.7 × 102.9 cm (28 1/4 × 40 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection