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The painting features a sandy shore and a calm sea with sailing boats in the distance. At the bottom of the painting, people sit on the sand by the water. Brown rocks are interspersed with the tan sand shore, which takes up the bottom edge of the painting and curves up to the right side. On the blue water beyond the shore, sailboats dot the low horizon. Those closer to us are more distinct, while some in the distance are barely visible. On the left side of the painting, another stretch of tan sands juts into the water, and a sailboat sits on it, leaning to one side. The sky occupies the top…
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Washerwoman near Trouville

Eugène Boudin (French, 1824 - 1898)

c. 1872/1876

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 27.6 × 41.3 cm (10 7/8 × 16 1/4 in.) ; framed: 46.04 × 60.64 × 8.26 cm (18 1/8 × 23 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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