Setting Sun over Antwerp Harbor (Soleil couchant - port d'Anvers)

1868

Johan Barthold Jongkind

Associated Names
Johan Barthold Jongkind

Artist, Dutch, 1819 - 1891

The image shows a sunset over a body of water with several ships in the distance. A small boat with a figure paddling is seen in the foreground. The artwork is done in a sketch-like style with dynamic brushstrokes, creating texture in the sky and water. The color palette is monochromatic in dark brown and beige tones. Faint outlines of buildings can be seen in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1975.64.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 15, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

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

Q65572349

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