Louis Boudan

Etretat – The Artists – Boudan, Louis

February 20, 2023 / ° Artists, Etretat, Normandy, West

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

NOTE: To our knowledge, Boudan did not work in Etretat itself, but instead worked in nearby Criquetot-l’Esneval.

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.

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Criquetot-l’Esneval

Criquetot-l’Esneval is a small town (population: 2,500) which lies inland (East) of Etretat.

1702 - Louis Boudan - View of the castle of Esneval, in the country of Caux near the village of Pavilly, 4 leagues from Rouen, drawn on the side of the Chemin de Rouen in Pavilly
1702 – Louis Boudan – View of the castle of Esneval, in the country of Caux near the village of Pavilly, 4 leagues from Rouen, drawn on the side of the Chemin de Rouen in Pavilly
1702 - Louis Boudan - View of the ruins of the Chateau de Pavilly, located between the chateau of Esneval and the town of Pavilly, in the Pays de Caux, 4 leagues from Rouen
1702 – Louis Boudan – View of the ruins of the Chateau de Pavilly, located between the chateau of Esneval and the town of Pavilly, 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

Etretat is the second most popular and visited place in Normandy (the first being Mont Saint-Michel). And since it was popular, many artists came here to be inspired by its nature and scenic environments. Here is a list of artists who worked in Etretat (a link “⇠” to their work will appear when published).

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