Johan Barthold Jongkind
The Bridge Over the Canal
1873
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 231 x 306 mm. (23.1 x 30.6 cm.)
Plate: 156 x 234 mm. (15.6 x 23.4 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
1996.48.10729
From old mount: "Jongkind anticipated the Impressionist school. In his bold, spirited style, he mastered the rendering of architecture with simple authority - presenting it to us in its surrounding atmosphere with brilliant detachment."
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
Inscribed: Signed and dated in plate: lower left, in reverse "Jongkind 1873"; lower right "Jongkind 1873" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "Avery recd. this in Thibeaudeau's lot"; verso, in a different hand "pour l'Album de Cadart - l'eau forte en 1874"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: Strasbourg lily
