The Towpath

1864

Johan Barthold Jongkind

Painter, Dutch, 1819 - 1891

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 82

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.3 x 47 cm (13 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
    framed: 50.8 x 63.18 x 7.94 cm (20 x 24 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.128.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Herz sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 May 1907, no. 7). Robert-Esnault Pelterie [1881-1957], Geneva; Mrs. Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Paris; (sale, Sotheby's London, 1 July 1964, no. 77); bought by Stanley.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia, by 1966;[2] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released
[1] Buyers list insert in 1964 exhibition catalogue.
[2] The painting was lent to a 1966 exhibition of the Mellon collection at the NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 8, repro.

2013

  • Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 1.

Bibliography

2003

  • Stein, Adolphe. Jongkind: Catalogue critique de l'oeuvre 2 vols. Paris, 2003: no. 327, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: Jongkind 1864

Wikidata ID

Q20188653

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