Physical description
Oil on panel entitled 'Old Buildings on the Darro, Granada' in Spain.
Place of Origin
Spain (possibly, painted)
Date
1834 (painted)
Artist/maker
David Roberts, born 1796 - died 1864 (painter (artist))
Materials and Techniques
oil on panel
Marks and inscriptions
'David Roberts 1834'
Dimensions
Height: 44.4 cm estimate, Width: 59.4 cm estimate
Object history note
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Descriptive line
Oil painting entitled 'Old Buildings on the Darro, Granada' by David Roberts. British School, 1834.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 252
This is the full text of the catalogue entry:
"ROBERTS, David, RA (1796-1864)
Born Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, 24 October 1796, the son of a shoemaker. Apprenticed to a house painter from about 1808-15, and also worked as a theatrical scenery painter. Moved to London 1822; worked at Theatre Royal and Covent Garden. Achieved a high reputation as a painter in oils and watercolours, mainly of architectural views. Exhibited 101 works at the RA between 1826 and 1864, 32 at the BI 1825-59, and 50 at the SBA 1824-36 (elected Member 1825, President 1830). Elected ARA 1838, RA 1841. Travelled frequently and extensively; from his first visit to France 1824, he toured in Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Near East. Published lithographic reproductions of his drawings, notably 'Picturesque Sketches in Spain' (1837) and 'The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia' (1842-9). Died 25 November 1864; his studio sale was at Christie's 13-20 May 1865, and that of his son-in-law Henry Bicknell 7-9 April 1881.
LIT: J Ballantine The Life of David Roberts, RA 1866; H Guiterman (et al) David Roberts; Artist Adventurer Scottish Arts Council exhibition catalogue 1981; H Guiterman and B Llewellyn David Roberts Barbican Art Gallery exhibition catalogue 1986
Old Buildings on the Darro, Granada
FA175 Neg 57005
Panel, 44.4 X 59.4 cm (17 ½ X 23 3/8 ins) Signed and dated 'David Roberts 1834' bl Sheepshanks Gift 1857
Exhibited at the BI in 1835, the size given in the catalogue as 28 by 35 inches (presumably including frame). It was described by the Athenaeum as 'an exquisite thing; we returned to it more than once'. Roberts visited Spain from October 1832 to December 1833, staying in Granada for three weeks in February. Granada, in Southern Spain, is on the Rio Darro which encloses
the old Antequeruela district of the city.
Another version, in an upright format and dated 1835, was sold to Artaria of Mannheim; its present whereabouts are unknown.
EXH: BI 1835 (96)
ENGR: Etching, Luke Taylor, 1900 (impr in V&A collections, RCAL858-1916)
LIT: Athenaeum 14 February 1835, p130; Literary Gazette 28 February 1835, p137; The Times 10 February 1835, p3; G Waagen Treasures of Art in Great Britain 1854, Il, p296; Ballantine 1866, p73, (cat no 73); J Quigley Prout and Roberts 1926, p100 (repr): D and F Irwin Scottish Painters at Home and Abroad 1975, p333
Ronald Parkinson."
Vikutoria & Arub?to Bijutsukan-z? : eikoku romanshugi kaigaten = The Romantic tradition in British painting, 1800-1950 : masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum / selected by Mark Evans [Japan : Brain Trust], 2002. 185 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.
Exhibition History
The Romantic Tradition in British Painting 1800-1950: Masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum (Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo, Kobe, Japan 28/01/2003-06/04/2003)
The Romantic Tradition in British Painting 1800-1950: Masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum (Koriyama City Museum of Art 22/11/2002-27/12/2002)
The Romantic Tradition in British Painting 1800-1950: Masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum (Matsuzakaya Museum, Nagoya, Japan 19/10/2002-11/11/2002)
The Romantic Tradition in British Painting 1800-1950: Masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum (Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan 24/08/2002-06/10/2002)
Materials
Oil paint; Panel
Techniques
Oil painting
Subjects depicted
Buildings; River; Spain; Granada; Andalusia
Categories
Paintings
Collection code
PDP
