Louis Boudan

Caudebec-en-Caux – The Artists – Boudan, Louis

March 13, 2022 / ° Artists, Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, West

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Caudebec-en-Caux. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

NOTE: Caudebec-en-Caux has recently merged (2016) with other towns nearby and is now called “Rives-en-Seine“. However, since the artists called the town by its original name in their paintings, we will continue to refer to the place by its old name.

Louis Boudan
Louis Boudan

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Louis Boudan (16??–17??) was an artist who worked for François Roger de Gaignieres, a French genealogist, antiquary and collector who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Boudan carried out commissions for de Gaignières for over 30 years. Most of his work for de Gaignieres was done between 1695 and 1715 when he, de Gaignieres and the latter’s secretary, Barthelemy Remy, toured France to carry out a survey of historical monuments.

Boudan’s work makes up the bulk of the Recueil de Gaignieres, a collection of engravings gathered by de Gaignieres over the course of his life. It was donated to Louis XIV and most of the folio plates created for de Gaignières by Boudan are today held by the Bibliotheque nationale de France.

Almost all of his drawings are of the castles and churches to be found in France towards the end of the 17th and beginning 18th century. Many of the historical monuments he painted can still be seen today.

Click here to read Louis Boudan’s bio on Wikipedia.

NOTE: Click on any image below for a bigger version (no new window will open).

NOTE2: The descriptions of the images below were translated from “old” French into English, and can therefore at times sound a bit strange.

NOTE3: To our knowledge Boudan never worked directly in Caudebec, instead he worked in nearby towns.

1702 - Louis Boudan - View of the Abbey of Saint Wandrille, initially known as Fontenelle, in Normandy near Caudebec of the order of St Benoist, of the congregation of St Maur
1702 – Louis Boudan – View of the Abbey of Saint Wandrille, initially known as Fontenelle, in Normandy near Caudebec of the order of St Benoist, of the congregation of St Maur

Jumieges

The village of Jumieges (population: 1,800) is dominated by its abbey (in ruins), and it is located to the South/East of Caudebec-en-Caux and to the West of Rouen.

???? - Louis Boudan - View of the Abbey of Jumieges, of the order of St Benoist, Congregation of St Maur; 5 leagues from Rouen, in the country of Caux
???? – Louis Boudan – View of the Abbey of Jumieges, of the order of St Benoist, Congregation of St Maur; 5 leagues from Rouen, in the country of Caux

Mesnil-Panneville

Mesnil-Panneville (population: 700) is a small village located some 20 kilometers from Caudebec to the North.

1702 - Louis Boudan - Profile and section of the chapel of Saint Antoine de Grattemont, in the parish of Panneville in the Pays de Caux 4 leagues from Rouen
1702 – Louis Boudan – Profile and section of the chapel of Saint Antoine de Grattemont, in the parish of Panneville in the Pays de Caux 4 leagues from Rouen

Louis Boudan made drawings and paintings of the then historical monuments, mostly castles and churches/cathedrals/abbeys. Below is an non-exhaustive list of places he made his art (a link “⇠” to his artworks will appear here when published):

  • Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
    • Tournoel
  • Bourgogne-Franche-Comte
    • Montfaucon
  • Brittany
    • Hennebont
  • Centre-Val de Loire
    • Chinon
    • Plessis-lez-Tours
    • Rigny-Usse
  • Grand Est
    • Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval
  • Hauts-de-France
  • Normandy
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
    • Bordeaux
    • Dissay
    • le Mirebalais
    • Limoges
    • Loudun
    • Poitiers
    • Saint Bonnet
  • Pays de la Loire

Artists featured here who painted in Caudebec-en-Caux (but not limited to) are (names marked with a “*” indicates that the artist did NOT work directly in Caudebec, instead worked in villages nearby):

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