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AT-00011174Two Boats at the Harbor of Dieppe
About the Artwork
In this late drawing, Eugène Delacroix used spare layers of watercolor to record two large boats floating in a harbor, contrasting the bright tones of the French flags flying on both with the subdued hues of the water surrounding them. The artist recorded the scene during one of five stays in Dieppe, a coastal town that became a popular vacation destination after it was connected to Paris by train in 1848. Delacroix was passionate about depicting the sea and its environs and created numerous variations of this subject over the course of about a decade.
Inscriptions
inscribed, at bottom center, in brown ink: 1er 7b [septembre]; inscribed along lower margin of board, in pencil: 1854 [illeg.]; at lower left, in black ink: stamp of Marcel Louis Guérin [1873-1948; Lugt 1872b]; at lower right, in red ink: Delacroix studio stamp [Lugt 838a]
Provenance
1854-1864: Studio of the artist [1798-1863] 1864: (his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 22-27, 1864, probably part of no. 600 [“Études faites dans le port de Dieppe et dans les environs: vagues, soleils couchants, etc. (1852, 1854 et 1855)”]) ?-?: Marcel Louis Guérin [1873-1948] ?-before 1976: (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY) 1976: (sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 14, 1976, no. 285, sold to Mrs. Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH) 1976-2008: Mrs. Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art 2021-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
- Date
- 1854
- Medium
- watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.5 x 34.6 cm (8 7/8 x 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 22.5 x 34.6 cm (8 7/8 x 13 5/8 in.); Mounted: 24 x 36 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Accession no.
- 2021.108
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