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Source Description
Daubigny first visited Villerville in 1854 and returned each year thereafter. He built a lean-to hut for shelter and is known to have painted at least one of his large-scale paintings of the coast entirely on the spot. He wrote: I look at the sea, and it is so beautiful that I have no desire to go anywhere else. . . . I have seen sunsets that make those of [the French Baroque painter] Claude Lorrain seem very dull. In this sunset view, the range of colors in the sky, from pinks to lilacs to yellows, highlights Daubigny's ability as a colorist.It is possible that this painting was exhibited at the Salon in 1855 with the title "Mare au bor de la mer" ("Pond by the Dea"). The large size of this painting would be suited to that venue, supporting this possibility.
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Document identity
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25287
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Sunset on the Coast at Villerville
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25287
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title
Sunset on the Coast at Villerville
description
Daubigny first visited Villerville in 1854 and returned each year thereafter. He built a lean-to hut for shelter and is known to have painted at least one of his large-scale paintings of the coast entirely on the spot. He wrote: I look at the sea, and it is so beautiful that I have no desire to go anywhere else. . . . I have seen sunsets that make those of [the French Baroque painter] Claude Lorrain seem very dull. In this sunset view, the range of colors in the sky, from pinks to lilacs to yellows, highlights Daubigny's ability as a colorist.It is possible that this painting was exhibited at the Salon in 1855 with the title "Mare au bor de la mer" ("Pond by the Dea"). The large size of this painting would be suited to that venue, supporting this possibility.
provenance
Purchased by William T. Walters (mode of acquisition unknown); inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1855, with later retouching by the artist
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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2
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import
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cm
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93.4
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150.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 36 3/4 x W: 59 1/4 in. (93.4 x 150.5 cm); Framed H: 55 3/4 × W: 78 1/2 × D: 6 1/4 in. (141.61 × 199.39 × 15.88 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right: Daubigny; [Date] Lower right: 1855
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oil on canvas
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6433
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