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On display at V&A South Kensington
Paintings, Room 88, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries

Study of flowers in a glass vase

Oil Painting
ca. 1814 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil study of flowers in a vase.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleStudy of flowers in a glass vase
Materials and techniques
Oil on millboard laid on panel
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Study of Flowers in a Glass Vase', John Constable, ca. 1814
Physical description
Oil study of flowers in a vase.
Dimensions
  • Support height: 50.5cm (approx.)
  • Support width: 33cm (approx)
  • Frame height: 61.5cm (Measured) (Note: Old V&A light oak)
  • Frame width: 44cm (Measured) (Note: Old V&A light oak)
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'South Kensington Museum Flowers painted by John Constable R.A.' (Inscribed on a label on the back of the panel)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
In 1814 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Landscape: Ploughing scene in Suffolk' (see note on No. 122); also 'Landscape: the ferry', probably the painting 'Mill Stream' now in the Ipswich Museum. He visited the Revd. Mr. Driffield at Feering in June (see Nos. 124-128) and spent much of the rest of the year in Suffolk.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 90]
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp.
Other number
130, plate 98 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
581-1888

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Record createdMay 15, 2007
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