A Windmill near Brighton
Oil Painting
1824-1829 (painted)
1824-1829 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
As Constable’s father owned a windmill, the painter was familiar with their workings. Constable based this sketch on a painting called The Mill, which at the time was attributed to Rembrandt. He greatly admired it as ‘a picture wholly made by chiaroscuro; the last ray of light just gleams on the upper sail of the mill, and all other details are lost in large and simple masses of shade’.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | A Windmill near Brighton (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil sketch of a windmill near Brighton by Constable. |
| Physical description | Painting of a windmill (from behind and to the right). |
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| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | 'In 1828 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy two paintings called 'Landscape'. One was 'Dedham Vale' (National Gallery of Scotland, No. 2016); the other was 'Hampstead Heath' (No. 301 in this Catalogue [FA.35]). His seventh child, Lionel Bicknell, was born on 2 January. Mrs. Constable died on 23 November.' [G Reynolds, 1973, p.185] |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | As Constable’s father owned a windmill, the painter was familiar with their workings. Constable based this sketch on a painting called The Mill, which at the time was attributed to Rembrandt. He greatly admired it as ‘a picture wholly made by chiaroscuro; the last ray of light just gleams on the upper sail of the mill, and all other details are lost in large and simple masses of shade’. |
| Bibliographic references |
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| Other number | 310, plate 233 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 588-1888 |
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| Record created | August 27, 2003 |
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