Wooded landscape
Oil Painting
ca. 1815 (painted)
ca. 1815 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
De Wint was born in Staffordshire, of Dutch ancestry. His naturalistic landscapes were admired by Constable, and this painting was widely praised as his masterpiece. A critic described it as 'an early harvest in July, with the noon-day sun striking down through the summer haze, and bathing a wide champaign in a glowing gold'.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Wooded landscape (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Wooded Landscape', Peter de Wint, ca. 1815 |
| Physical description | Oil painting |
| Dimensions |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Helen Tatlock, the artist's daughter |
| Object history | Given by Mrs Helen Tatlock, the artist's daughter, 1872 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | De Wint was born in Staffordshire, of Dutch ancestry. His naturalistic landscapes were admired by Constable, and this painting was widely praised as his masterpiece. A critic described it as 'an early harvest in July, with the noon-day sun striking down through the summer haze, and bathing a wide champaign in a glowing gold'. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 69-70 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 261-1872 |
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| Record created | August 28, 2003 |
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