Johan Barthold Jongkind Moonlight on the Scheldt

Property from a Distinguished European Private Collection

Johan Barthold Jongkind
Lattrop 1819–1891 Saint-Égrève
Moonlight on the Scheldt

signed and dated lower left: Jongkind 1870
oil on canvas, unlined
unframed: 34.2 x 47 cm.; 13½ x 18½ in.
framed: 51.5 x 64 cm.; 20¼ x 25¼ in.

Condition Report:
Original canvas. The canvas is providing a stable support to the paint surface. The varnish has yellowed and could benefit from a light clean. Fine and settled craquelure in some areas, and faint stretcher bar marks along parts of the edges. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals a layer of milky varnish, and small spot of retouching to the extreme left edge (upper part).

Provenance:
Madame Hébert;

Her sale ('Succession de Madame H...'), Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15 March 1926, lot 47 (as Le port de Dordrecht);

Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 29 January 1962;

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 25 March 1980, lot 2;

Where acquired by the present owner.