Low Tide at Scheveningen

Eugène Louis Boudin · 1875

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Palette

Blue-grey
44% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.6:1

Mushroom
20% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.6:1

Steel blue
20% of the image
Blue · text contrast 4.8:1

Smoke
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.4:1

Taupe
5% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.4:1

Graphite
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.1:1

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Artist: Eugène Louis Boudin
1824–1898
Date: 1875
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: overall: 42.9 × 64.1 cm (16 7/8 × 25 1/4 in.)
Place: French
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 56, colourfulness 10

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Miriam and Eliezer Benbassat. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1898: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1969. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

Low Tide at Scheveningen

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