Johan Barthold Jongkind

A. Renaud
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
The 9th Earl of Jersey, Jersey (acquired from the above on 5th November 1951)
Thence by descent to the present owners

London, Arthur Tooth and Sons, Recent Acquisitions, 1951, no. 18

Victorine Hefting, Jongkind, sa vie, son oeuvre, son époque, Paris, 1975, no. 603, illustrated p. 243 (titled Paysage Nivernais (Dauphinoise))
Adolphe Stein, Catalogue critique de l'œuvre de J.B. Jongkind, Paris, 2003, vol. I, no. 703, illustrated p. 269

The canvas has been relined. Ultraviolet light reveals some minor old retouching, notably some strokes in a circa 3 by 10 cm area near the centre of the lower edge. The work is overall in good condition. Held in a decorative gilt frame, with a nameplate. The colours are less yellow than in the catalogue illustration, the blue in the sky deeper, and the foreground tones lighter.
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Jongkind first visited the region around Nevers, in western Burgundy, in 1861 with his 'bon ange' Joséphine Fesser, whom he had met the previous year. The artist returned to the area regularly with Mme Fesser and her family over the next fifteen years, sketching and painting.