Rue Notre-Dame, Paris
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 38.7cm × w 47.6cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Rue Notre Dame (tegenwoordig Rue Censier) in Parijs, gezien vanuit het midden en naar links afbuigend in de diepte. Aan weerszijden van de straat eigentijdse behuizing. Door de lichtval van linksboven valt de schaduw van de huizen op de straat. De straat, in blonde zandkleur geschilderd, wordt in drie horizontale niveaus verdeeld door donkere lijnen die stoepranden of slagschaduwen kunnen zijn. Rechts loopt een dame op de rug gezien, voor haar een paard en wagen. In de achtergrond bevinden zich ...
Art Historical Context
Johan Barthold Jongkind's *Rue Notre-Dame, Paris (1866) offers an intimate glimpse into everyday urban life in mid-19th-century Paris This oil on canvas painting, measuring just 38.7 x 47.6 cm, the street—now known as Rue Censier—from its center, curving gently left into depth. Flanked by contemporary houses, the scene evokes the bustling yet ordinary rhythm of the city, with a low horizon line placing the vast sky at one-quarter height. Light streams in from the upper left, casting long shadows across the blonde, sandy-toned street, which Jongkind divides into three horizontal bands using da...
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...