Soleil couchant, port d'Anvers (Sunset, Port of Antwerp)

1868

Johan Barthold Jongkind

Associated Names
Johan Barthold Jongkind

Artist, Dutch, 1819 - 1891

The image shows a harbor view with boats, water, and a skyline. The horizon is centered, with the sun above it, reflecting on the water. Two tall-masted ships are present, detailed against the sky. The artwork features expressive linework and a textured sky with clouds. The color scheme is monochrome, with sepia and black tones. A rowboat with two figures is in the foreground, while buildings with spires are seen in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.8 x 23.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 28 x 40.9 cm (11 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.87.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil 15 i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector HD (not in Lugt); (Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969, no. 15 i/iv

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in graphite: Soleil couchant/port d'Anvers; upper right in plate: ANVERS Jongkind 1868

Wikidata ID

Q76552816

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