Louis Boudan

Fecamp – The Artists – Boudan, Louis

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

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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To our knowledge, Boudan did not paint in Fecamp, but he did paint in some closeby towns. Here they are.

NOTE: You can notice that artist Theodore de Jolimont had exactly the same paintings as Boudan but lived later. We could not find an explanation for this.

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Angerville-Bailleul

The village of Angerville-Bailleul (population: 195) lies inland to the South/East of Fecamp.

1696 - Louis Boudan - Bailleul astle
1696 – Louis Boudan – Bailleul Castle

TODAY: The Bailleul castle still exists but can not be visited since it’s in private hands.

Valmont

The village of Valmont (population: 856) lies in the Valmont river valley to the East of Fecamp. It is home to a very big castle and a Benedictine Abbey.

1702 - Louis Boudan - View of the Abbey of Nostre-Dame-de-Vallemont, of the order of St-Benoist, not reformed, drawn from the side of the Chateau de Vallemont
1702 – Louis Boudan – View of the Abbey of Nostre-Dame-de-Vallemont, of the order of St-Benoist, not reformed, drawn from the side of the Chateau de Vallemont

TODAY: The Abbey still exists and occasionally can be visited.

1702 - Louis Boudan - View of the Chateau and the town of Vallemont, in the Pais-de-Caux, two leagues from Fescamp, drawn on the side of the Abbey
1702 – Louis Boudan – View of the Chateau and the town of Vallemont, in the Pais-de-Caux, two leagues from Fescamp, drawn on the side of the Abbey

TODAY: The Valmont castle still exists today but it is in private hands and can not be visited.

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

Fecamp is a picturesque fishing town which made for a great backdrop for many artist. Here are all the artists who applied their arts in the town and its surroundings (a link “” will appear when we have published an article on this artist’s works in Fecamp):

NOTE: a “*” besides the artist’s name indicates that the artist did NOT work directly in Fecamp, instead worked in Fecamp’s surroundings only.

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