About this artwork
This is one of Édouard Manet’s earliest paintings of the sea, a subject to which he returned repeatedly. It is one of three or four works that he painted in Paris from sketches made on a vacation with his family in the northern port of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Though boldly brushed and almost calligraphic in form, the vessels remain identifiable as specific types. A side-wheel packet steamer heads up the Channel, leaving the slower sailing boats in its wake.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
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Artist
- Édouard Manet
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Title
- Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme)
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1864–1865
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Inscribed: Manet (lower right) and E.M. (on sail)
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Dimensions
- 73.6 × 92.6 cm (29 × 36 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Potter Palmer Collection
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Reference Number
- 1922.425
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/81535/manifest.json