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Nivernais landscape with trees, a figure and a cart (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1819-1891

Title

Date of Production

1861

Medium

synthetic black chalk, watercolour and graphite added to central tree (recto), synthetic black chalk (verso) on laid paper [no charcoal evident under microscope]

Dimensions

Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 47.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.412

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

The Dutch artist Jongkind was an important precursor of the Impressionists. This fresh watercolour dates from 1861 when he visited the Nivernais, a region south of Paris. Painted in a restricted palette of blues and vivid greens, the division of the composition into distinct bands is characteristic of his work in this period. It is not preparatory for any known painting and appears to have been created as a work of art in its own right.

Notes

The landscape is identifiable as the Nivernais, the region surrounding Nevers, c. 125m south-east of Paris. The artist first visited the area between 19 August - 8 October 1861; therefore the date he inscribed here of June is incorrect, which was not unusual for Jongkind, as such confusion over dates appears on several of his works.

Provenance

Mrs Erszi Ferenczy, Budapest (c. 1904-2000) by April 1961 [date of first correspondence from Lessner to Seilern regarding the drawing]; purchased from her via Franz Lessner, Vienna, by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), March 1964 (£1,000); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

See Brief description for note regarding provenance.

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Unseen, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/01/2015-29/03/2015

Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the
Courtauld Collections, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/05/1988-04/09/1988

Literature

Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Related Drawings from the Courtauld Collections, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1988
cat. no. 25
ill.

Seilern, Count Antoine, Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7, London 1971; VI
no. 412
pl. XXI (recto), XXII (verso)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: an indistinct coat-of-arms surmounted by a small crescent moon; below is a downward-facing tulip.

Inscription: Recto: written vertically along left edge in graphite, difficult to read: "dünnes Papier da der Falz fringt sp. 36 x 48 / […]”; lower left edge, graphite, dated: “13 Juin 61” and beside that in brown ink, signed: “Jongkind.”.

Collector's mark: none.

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