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image of The Beach at Villerville
Eugène Boudin (artist)
French, 1824 - 1898
The Beach at Villerville, 1864
oil on canvas
Overall: 45.7 x 76.3 cm (18 x 30 1/16 in.) framed: 102.9 x 71.7 cm (40 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.)
Chester Dale Collection
1963.10.4

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Acquired in Boston or New York, 1866, as Beach near Scheveningen by Dr. Henry Clay Angell [d. 1911], Boston; by inheritance to his wife Martha Bartlett Angell [d. 1919], Boston; gift 1916 to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;[1] 1950 to (E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York);[2] sold 1951 to Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York;[3] bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1]Accession no. 19.99, gift of Angell made in 1916, but not accessioned by museum until 1919. See Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin XVII, no. 101 (June 1919) on the Angell gift. [2] In partial purchase and exchange for Boston MFA 50.2716. [3]Invoice dated 21 May 1951 to Chester Dale from E. and A. Silberman Galleries in NGA curatorial files.

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