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Patricia Hills, taken of an image in the Brooklyn Museum Archives
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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. 2.0.3
Baur no. 84
Canal Scene
c.1851
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Oil on academy board
12 1/8 x 15 3/8 in. (30.8 x 39.1 cm)
Initialed lower right: E. J.
Private collection
Description / Remarks
Teresa Carbone note, c. 1998: "Grey palette. Hazy view—nocturne/building at left—somewhat awkward—high windows with heavy highlights/silhouette of bridge at center/distance—vague grey silhouettes of city buildings."
Markings
Verso of panel, in chalk: 95/July 90, 45/1.5170 [1.5170 is written upside down]
Labels
Label on verso, top stretcher: W. Cribb/Carver, gilder/Looking Glass Manufacturer and Printsellers/34, King St, Covent Garden
Provenance
Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
Ethel Eastman Johnson Conkling Holden, her daughter (by descent)
Olga Louise Gwendolyn Conkling, her daughter, by 1940 (by descent)
Private collection, by June 1998
References
Baur 1940
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), p. 63, no. 84, as Canal Scene.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination notes: Teresa Carbone’s notes 1998-06-11, London: Grey palette. Hazy view - nocturne/bldg at left - somewhat awkward - high windows with heavy highlights/ silhouette of bridge at center/distance - vague grey silhouettes of city bldgs.
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Record last updated March 30, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Canal Scene, c.1851 (Hills no. 2.0.3)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=5 (accessed on April 25, 2024).