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Eugène Louis Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

Medium/Technique Oil on panel
Dimensions 15.5 x 21.2 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession Number48.521
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPanels

InscriptionsLower left: E. Boudin
ProvenanceGustave Cahen (b. 1825), Paris [see note 1]; by descent to Cahen's heirs [see note 2]; 1937, sold by Cahen's heirs to Jacques Seligmann and Co., Paris and New York (stock no. 6488); December 8, 1937, sold by Seligmann, New York, to John Taylor Spaulding (b. 1870 - d. 1948), Boston; 1948, bequest of John Taylor Spaulding to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1948)

NOTES:
[1] Gustave Cahen was the executor of Boudin's estate and owned a collection of Boudin's work.

[2] According to information provided by Jacques Seligmann and Co. to John T. Spaulding at the time of his purchase.