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Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir

c. 1782-1783

Thomas Gainsborough

(British, 1727-1788)

England, 18th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 89.5 x 110 x 8 cm (35 1/4 x 43 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 70.5 x 91 cm (27 3/4 x 35 13/16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1984.59

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203A British Painting and Decorative Arts

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Gainsborough collected and was inspired by Dutch landscape painting.

Description

In a sketchy manner, Gainsborough convincingly singled out the various elements comprising this sweeping landscape—meadow, rocks, trees—by only slightly varying colors and brushstrokes. At the same time, however, a great sense of unity prevails. Although the bulk of Gainsborough's artistic output was portraits, he insisted that landscape was his first love.

Provenance

?-1982

F. Fleischmann (1904), sold to O. Ashscroft

1982-?

O. Ashscroft, Birmingham

?-1984

(Colnaghi, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1984-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

"Year in Review for 1984." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LXXII (April 1985): 163-207. Reproduced: p. 183, no. 16; Mentioned: p. 200

Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 81

Exhibition history

Pictures Illustrative of the Evolution of Painting from the 18th century to the present day, Norwich Castle Museum, Norfolk, United Kingdom (1925).

A well-known private collection of the Dutch and early English schools formed during the last 30 years. Agnew's, London, United Kingdom (1915).

Ipswich, United Kingdom (1927).

Sassoon, United Kingdom (1936).

La Peinture Anglaise XVIII and XIX Siecles. The Louvre Museum, Paris, France (1938).

Madrid, Lisbon,and British Arts Council. (1949).

Le Paysage Anglais de Gainsborough a Turner. Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, France (February to April 1953)

Prague, National Gallery and Bratislava, National Gallery of Slovakia, British Council, (1969).

Zwei Jahrhunderte Britischer Maleri: Das grosse Zietalter von hogrth bis Turner, Museum for Volerkunde, Vienna, Austria, British Council,(1969).

Art-Commerce-Scholarship: A Window onto the Art World: Colnaghi 1760-1984. P & D Colnaghi & Co., LTd, London, United Kingdom ( November 7- December 15, 1984).

Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

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