A low horizon line and lofty sky are typical of Johan Barthold Jongkind’s work, and he additionally liked to depict scenes set in the evening hours. This is also what we find in the painting here. A flat-bottomed boat glides along the canal towards the setting sun; the two men standing inside it are difficult to see in the twilight. A woman in an apron is stepping out of the scene on the path along the very edge of the picture. Meanwhile, the water is framed on both sides by trees, with one on t...
Signature and date: Jongkind 1864., lower right
Allard de Noel (Kunsthandlung von 1846–1986); Nadine und Robert Schmit (1920–2008), Paris (legendäres Pariser Kunsthändlerehepaar seit den 1960er-Jahren, spezialisiert auf den Impressionismus); Kunsthandel, Paris (2022); MKdW (2022).
[Weiterführende Literatur] Johan Barthold Jongkind. Ein Wegbereiter des Impressionismus, hrsg. von John Sillevis/Götz Czymmek/Jacques Foucart, Ausst.-Kat. Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag/Wallraf-Richartz-Museum – Fondation Corboud, Köln/Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Zwolle 2004 [Weiterführende Literatur] François Auffret: Johan Barthold Jongkind 1819–1891. Biographie illustrée, Paris 2004.