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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Seascapemid-19th century

Not on view
Horizontal oil painting of a coastal scene in muted grays and taupes, with a rocky foreground, flat water, a tan sea wall with a lighthouse, and a luminous break in overcast clouds
Artist or Maker
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
France, Valenciennes, 1827-1875
Title
Seascape
Place Made
France
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
Canvas: 6 × 12 1/4 in. (15.24 × 31.12 cm) Frame: 9 1/2 × 16 × 2 in. (24.13 × 40.64 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.44
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

(Sale, Paris, 1913, lot 149, titled Mer déferlant, sold to); Alfred Strolin. Private collection, Paris, ca. 1955–56. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1980, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

Selected Bibliography
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.