Harbor in Dordrecht

1895/1897

Albert Lebourg

Associated Names
Albert Lebourg

Artist, French, 1849 - 1928

The image displays a river scene with a view across the water towards the opposite bank. The horizon shows trees and a building with a tower. The artwork has a style with small, delicate, and repetitive cross-hatched lines. The color palette is mainly sepia and dark brown. In the foreground, boats are docked along the river, reflecting in the water. Further away, more trees and buildings are hinted at through light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray brown wash with scraping on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.5 x 28.4 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.143.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jill Newhouse, New York); James Dyke; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 123.

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 140, 162, no. 82 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: A Lebourg, Dordrecht

Wikidata ID

Q64533839

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