The Church of Overschie

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The Church of Overschie, 1866. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 30.5 × 50.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title: The Church of Overschie
Artist: Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819-1891)
Date: 1866
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30.5 × 50.8 cm (12 × 20 in.); Framed: 52.8 × 52.1 × 8.9 cm (20 3/4 × 20 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1819–1891

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.