ISABEY, Eugène
(b. 1803, Paris, d. 1886, Montévrain)

Rocks at Saint-Malo

1850
Watercolour and gouache, 194 x 319 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The master of Jongkind and Boudin, Isabey can be considered one of the forerunners of impressionism. This watercolour belongs to an ensemble of sixty-four sheets purchased from the artist at the request of Napoleon III.