Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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02.0 Euro Landscape
Johnson made few landscapes in Europe and later in America. His skill was as a figure painter, although often landscape elements give context to his figures. —PH
Hills no. 2.0.2
View on the Zieke, The Hague
1851, December
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Oil on canvas
10 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (26 x 31.8 cm)
Inscribed and dated verso: View on the Zieke, The Hague Dec. 1851 [also initialed lower right according to Anderson Galleries, 1920]
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Description / Remarks
Anderson Galleries sale catalogue, 1920: "A quaint bridge spans the stream in the foreground, both banks lined with interesting old buildings whose silhouettes of towers and steeples make an attractive sky line. A figure on the bridge and a boat in middle plane enliven the scene; bright winter evening."
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References
Illustrated Catalogue of Valuable Paintings, the Collection of Mr. John T. Lovett of Little Silver, New Jersey. New York: Anderson Galleries, March 1920. Sale catalogue, p. 10, no. 38: "A quaint bridge spans the stream in the foreground, both banks lined with interesting old buildings whose silhouettes of towers and steeples make an attractive sky line. A figure on the bridge and a boat in middle plane enliven the scene; bright winter evening," as View on the Zieke, The Hague.
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Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "View on the Zieke, The Hague, 1851, December (Hills no. 2.0.2)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=46 (accessed on April 18, 2024).