The Houses on the Canal Bank (Les Maisons au bord du canal)

1862

Johan Barthold Jongkind

Associated Names
Johan Barthold Jongkind

Artist, Dutch, 1819 - 1891

This image shows a side view of a row of houses, capturing a street scene receding into the distance. The ground meets the sky where the horizon line is, with tree silhouettes along the horizon. The style is linear and illustrative, with deliberate ink lines outlining the buildings. The color palette is monochromatic with black ink on a lighter background, likely on paper. In the foreground, a fence and ramp lead to a house entrance, while more buildings and trees are visible in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1951.16.55

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 3, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 18.

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. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q65360010

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