A Stream Running between Houses and a Road
1801 to 1825
Medium
watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
overall: 26.7 x 45.6 cm (10 1/2 x 17 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1985.64.101
Art Historical Context
Johan Barthold Jongkind's *A Stream Running between Houses and a Road* is a captivating watercolor over graphite, measuring 26.7 x 45.6 cm. Created between 1801 and 1825, this intimate landscape drawing evokes the quiet charm of everyday Dutch scenery—a gently flowing stream nestled between modest houses and a roadside path. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's CG-E department, it forms part of the distinguished Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. Jongkind, a Dutch master of light and atmosphere, employed graphite for precise underdrawings, layering translucent watercolors to achieve l...
About the Artist
Johan Barthold Jongkind
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819–1891) was born on June 3 in the rural village of Lattrop, in the Netherlands' Overijssel province, and emerged as a pivotal figure bridging Dutch landscape traditions with the dawn of Impressionism. He began his formal training at The Hague's art academy under the esteemed landscape painter Andreas Schelfhout, whose influence rooted Jongkind in the meticulous depictio...