The Harbor at Cherbourg

Eugène Louis Boudin

1883

  • Titles The Harbor at Cherbourg (Descriptive)@Cherbourg, le port (Descriptive)
  • Artist Eugène Louis Boudin, French, 1824 - 1898
  • Medium oil on canvas
  • Dimensions 15 3/4 × 21 5/8 in. (40 × 55 cm) frame: 24 1/8 × 29 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (61.3 × 74.9 × 7.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Skier, AFI.100.2016
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings
  • On View

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