Alexandre Thiollet
Study for “Fish Auction at the Beach of Villerville”
1872
Physical Qualities
Pen and brush and black ink and watercolor over graphite on paper, Sheet: 138 x 212 mm. (5 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.3236
Coastal scene with ship, gathering crowd, and town in the distance; Cream, medium-weight, slightly textured wove(?) paper mounted on blue, medium-weight wove paper
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909," Jan. 28 - Mar. 11, 1979.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
Inscribed: lower left in ink: "Th"; on mount, lower left in ink: "appartient à Lucas"; on mount, lower center in ink: "Salon de 1873"; on mount, lower center in graphite: "1873"
