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AT-00009203Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River
About the Artwork
Maurice Denis made this painting during the summer of 1899 while vacationing with his family in the coastal village of Le Pouldu in Brittany in northwestern France. Two-thirds of this canvas is filled by the lavender-pink surface of the water, dotted with touches of color that suggest reflections of flags and sails on the Belon River. Local women wearing traditional headdresses observe the scene from the riverbank in the foreground, shaded by trees whose foliage frames the top of the composition.
Inscriptions
signed lower right: MAVD
Provenance
1899-1903: Collection of the Artist 1903: (La Livre Esthetique, Brussels, Belgium, acquired by Thomas Braun directly from the artist) 1903–1962: Thomas Braun [1876-1961] Brussels, Belgium, consigned to Galerie Andrew Maurice 1962: (Galerie Andrew Maurice, Paris, France, May 14, 1962, sold to the family of Samuel Josefowicz) 1962–2015: Family of Samuel Josefowicz, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley 2015–2020: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2020–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943)
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 75 x 80 cm (29 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Accession no.
- 2020.110
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