Not currently on display at the V&A

Italian landscape

Oil Painting
1839 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An oil painting showing a landscape with a path running along a river towards a town; low-lying mountains are visible in the distance through haze.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleItalian landscape (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil Painting, 'Italian Landscape', Joseph William Allen, 1839
[Frame dimensions 72 x 82 cm]
Physical description
An oil painting showing a landscape with a path running along a river towards a town; low-lying mountains are visible in the distance through haze.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 49.6cm
  • Estimate width: 59.7cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'J. W. Allen, 1839' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Credit line
Given by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bt
Object history
Given by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bart., 1901
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 1
Collection
Accession number
622-1901

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Record createdJuly 6, 2006
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