The Port of Boulogne by Moonlight or Moonlight over the Port of Boulogne (French - Le Clair de lune sur le port de Boulogne) is an 1868 work by Édouard Manet. The work is now in the Musée d'Orsay.[1]
Historical and astronomical research has demonstrated that it was produced about midnight on the night of 3–4 August 1868 from a window of the Hôtel Folkestone on the quay at Boulogne-sur-Mer during one of the artist's regular summer stays in the town.[2] It shows a fishing boat returning at night, watched by the fishermen's wives. Its shadows and light pay tribute to the work of Rembrandt.[3]
^"Catalogue entry".
^Donald W. Olson (trad. Janet Borg), « Clair de lune sur le port de Boulogne Une enquête sur un tableau de Manet », L'Astronomie, no 98, octobre 2016, p. 40-45
^"Joconde entry".
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