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Georges Seurat / Corner of the harbour, Honfleur

Corner of the harbour, Honfleur

1886 · Oil on canvas

A sailing ship lies moored in a corner of the harbour at Honfleur, painted in small dots of colour.

LocationOtterlo, Netherlands
Genrelandscape painting
Dimensions81 × 65 cm

Why it matters

Seurat began this view of a corner of the harbour at Honfleur in the summer of 1886 and left it as it was when the boat he was painting sailed away.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1886.
  • It measures 81 × 65 cm.
  • It is in the Kröller-Müller Museum.

Based on the French Wikipedia article Coin d'un bassin, Honfleur (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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