Dort (Dordrecht)
Oil Painting
1841 (painted)
1841 (painted)
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Object Type
This oil painting is typical of the artist's picturesque style, influenced by Dutch traditions. Such depiction of the effects of light and atmosphere was very popular with the major patrons of the day.
People
Augustus Wall Callcott (1779-1844) was trained at the Schools of the Royal Academy and was principally a landscape painter whose preference was for coastal and marine scenes. This view was executed late in Callcott's career. It reveals a similarity between his work and that of the 17th-century Dutch lanscape painters that was being eagerly collected in Britain.
Subjects Depicted
The painting, which depicts a herd of cattle with the Dutch town of Dort or Dordrecht in the distance, is typical of thousands of landscapes in the Dutch style. The imagery of a townscape in the background, with its tall spires, and the peaceable cattle in the foreground, was a useful formula for the imitation of old master painting by British Victorian artists.
This oil painting is typical of the artist's picturesque style, influenced by Dutch traditions. Such depiction of the effects of light and atmosphere was very popular with the major patrons of the day.
People
Augustus Wall Callcott (1779-1844) was trained at the Schools of the Royal Academy and was principally a landscape painter whose preference was for coastal and marine scenes. This view was executed late in Callcott's career. It reveals a similarity between his work and that of the 17th-century Dutch lanscape painters that was being eagerly collected in Britain.
Subjects Depicted
The painting, which depicts a herd of cattle with the Dutch town of Dort or Dordrecht in the distance, is typical of thousands of landscapes in the Dutch style. The imagery of a townscape in the background, with its tall spires, and the peaceable cattle in the foreground, was a useful formula for the imitation of old master painting by British Victorian artists.
Object details
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| Title | Dort (Dordrecht) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting by Augustus Wall Callcott depicting cows with Dort or Dordrecht in the background. British School, 1841. |
| Physical description | Oil painting depicting cows with Dordrecht in the background. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'A W Callcott 1841' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right) |
| Gallery label | British Galleries:
This painting of a herd of cattle with the Dutch town of Dort in the distance is typical of the artist's picturesque style, influenced by Dutch traditions. His painting of the effects of light and atmosphere in coastal or marine scenes was hugely popular with the major patrons of the day.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857. By Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, RA (born in London 1779, died there in 1844) Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1842 |
| Production | dated 1841 |
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| Summary | Object Type This oil painting is typical of the artist's picturesque style, influenced by Dutch traditions. Such depiction of the effects of light and atmosphere was very popular with the major patrons of the day. People Augustus Wall Callcott (1779-1844) was trained at the Schools of the Royal Academy and was principally a landscape painter whose preference was for coastal and marine scenes. This view was executed late in Callcott's career. It reveals a similarity between his work and that of the 17th-century Dutch lanscape painters that was being eagerly collected in Britain. Subjects Depicted The painting, which depicts a herd of cattle with the Dutch town of Dort or Dordrecht in the distance, is typical of thousands of landscapes in the Dutch style. The imagery of a townscape in the background, with its tall spires, and the peaceable cattle in the foreground, was a useful formula for the imitation of old master painting by British Victorian artists. |
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| Accession number | FA.11[O] |
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| Record created | February 27, 2001 |
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