Marine.

Oil on canvas, 51 x 42 cm, signed at lower left "Artan" (stretcher slightly pressing in paint layer).

Under passe-partout and frame.

Louis Artan (1837-1890) was a Dutch-Belgian painter and etcher who specialised in captivating seascapes. He was influenced by the Barbizon school and the French marine painter, Eugène Boudin and in 1875, he shared a studio with Félicien Rops in Paris.