Landscape with a Pond

Prints and Drawings

c. 1879

Jean-Jacques Henner
French, 1829-1905

“Jean-Jacques Henner is as little known today as he was famous during his lifetime,” quipped Rodolphe Rapetti in his 2003 monograph on the artist. Winning the Prix de Rome in 1858, Henner found inspiration in the chiaroscuro (strong contrasts of light and dark) and sfumato (smoky or hazy effects) of Caravaggio’s art. When he returned to his native Alsace in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War, his works became even dreamier and more deeply infused with melancholy.

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Artist: Jean Jacques Henner
Title: Landscape with a Pond
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1875–1884
Medium: Black chalk on ivory laid paper laid down on blue laid paper partially discolored to tan
Dimensions: 9.5 × 15.3 cm (3 3/4 × 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Julius Lewis Endowment
Reference Number: 2004.517
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