# On the Beach, Sunset

**Eugène Boudin** (French, 1824–1898)  
1865  
Oil on wood  
15 x 23 in. (38.1 x 58.4 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003.20.2. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438551).

## About this work

Eugène Boudin painted this in 1865, aged 41. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Eugène Boudin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/eugene-boudin)

French, 1824–1898; born in Honfleur; died in Deauville

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was 41
- Real size: about 15 × 23 in (38 × 58 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Men, Women, Beaches
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1184.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1184/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/on-the-beach-sunset-met-438551).