Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) Le Promenade à Honfleur Pencil, signed and dated 24 Sept 1865 21 x 13 cm Provenance: The estate of the artist with stamp lower right (Lugt 1401). Purchased Sotheby’s London 27th June 1978. Lot 815 von Hirsch sale. Jongkind spent important periods in Honfleur together with Sisley, Boudin and Monet. Monet described him as “my true Master”. (Le Temps, Paris 1900). Jongkind accompanied Nieuwerke to Paris and was based there for the next ten years. Jongkind also made sketching trips away from Paris especially during the early 1850s, returning to Dutch settings to paint, and also sketching frequently on the coasts of Brittany and Normandy.