# Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River, in Maurice Denis's contemporaries

Maurice Denis painted this in 1899, aged 29. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> Maurice Denis made this painting during the summer of 1899 while vacationing with his family in the coastal village of Le Pouldu in Brittany in northwestern France.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1899
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Unframed: 75 x 80 cm (29 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2020.110
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Maurice Denis](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/maurice-denis), French, 1870–1943

2 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [A contemporary: Paul Gauguin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/paul-gauguin?hang=749) (10 works)
- [More Paris Salon painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/paris-salon-painting?hang=749) (79 works)
- [19th-century France](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-france?hang=749) (237 works)

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