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Study of Flowers in a Hyacinth Glass

Oil Painting
ca. 1814 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil study of flowers in a tall vase.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleStudy of Flowers in a Hyacinth Glass
Materials and techniques
Oil on millboard laid on panel
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Study of Flowers in a Hyacinth Glass', John Constable, ca. 1814
Physical description
Oil study of flowers in a tall vase.
Dimensions
  • Support height: 49.5cm (approx.)
  • Support width: 33cm (approx.)
  • Frame height: 72cm (measured) (Note: Standard light oak)
  • Frame width: 52cm (measured) (Note: Standard light oak)
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'July 26. 18[last two figures illegible]' (Inscribed in oil by the artist, lower left)
  • South Kensington Museum Flowers Painted by John Constable R.A. (Incribed 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, p. 95
Other number
129 plate 97 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
582-1888

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Record createdMay 14, 2007
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