Johan Barthold Jongkind
Moonlight on the Canal
1855
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, 8 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (21.9 x 34.9 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.152
Moonlight fascinated Johan Jongkind throughout his career. As an accomplished painter and printmaker, he was especially responsive to the effects of light on both land and water. He searched for his subject matter in his native Holland, as well as in Brittany and Normandy in northern France.
Jongkind produced small informal landscapes that were inspirational to the next generation of painters, particularly the young Claude Monet. The artist gave this moonlit view as a gift to the prominent French photographer Félix Nadar, as indicated by the inscription at lower right.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Paintings and Water Colors from the Lucas Collection", October 1934.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840 - 1940", June 6-September 1, 1941.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nineteenth Century European Painting", June 24-September 7, 1969.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, Baltimore, "Selections from the Lucas Collection", July 21-August 22, 1975.
Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, MA, "Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists", October 14-December 5, 1976; circulated to Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, December 17, 1976-February 13, 1977.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909", January 28-March 11, 1979.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nature Revealed: Landscapes and Still Lifes from the George A. Lucas Collection", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, November 15, 2000-January 23, 2001.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Paintings and Water Colors from the Lucas Collection", October 1934.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840 - 1940", June 6-September 1, 1941.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nineteenth Century European Painting", June 24-September 7, 1969.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, Baltimore, "Selections from the Lucas Collection", July 21-August 22, 1975.
Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, MA, "Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists", October 14-December 5, 1976; circulated to Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, December 17, 1976-February 13, 1977.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909", January 28-March 11, 1979.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents, The George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nature Revealed: Landscapes and Still Lifes from the George A. Lucas Collection", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, November 15, 2000-January 23, 2001.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
"Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection," Baltimore: The Maryland Institute, 1911, cat. #208.
"A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840 - 1940," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941, cat. p. 43.
"The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1965, cat. #150, ill. p. 18.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection," June 27-Fall 1974, cat. #150.
Peter C. Sutton, "A Guide to Dutch Art in America," Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1986, p. 6 (published as "Moonlight on a Canal").
Inscribed: FACE: LL corner, (black paint), 'Jongkind 1856'; LR corner, (black paint), 'a mon ami Nadar 1856/Rotterdam'. VERSO, FRAME: UL corner, (label), 'Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute/Jongkind and the Pre-Impressionists/December 17, 1976 - February 13, 1974/...Temp. Reg. Number 400/76'; UL corner, BMA label stapled; LR, corner, stamped, 'Be..gniet/10...'; CL, (black paint), '8-2'; BC, (orange crayon), upside down, 'To...208'
On View at the BMA
