The Pont Neuf
Johan Barthold Jongkind
1849–50
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 1/2 x 32 1/8 in. (54.6 x 81.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mendelsohn, 1980
Accession Number
1980.203.3
Tags
ParisBridgesRiversBoats
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...