Philip Reinagle, 'A Trout Stream', about 1810
On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK About the work
Overview
The inscription by the artist's daughter on the reverse of this sketch identifying the site as a trout stream, suggests that she thought the work was painted after Reinagle's return to Britain from the Continent early in the 19th century. Reinagle's depiction of a swift-moving shallow stream, with water breaking over rocks, is in keeping with the advice of the artist Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. Valenciennes recommended the practice of painting such streams, suggesting that it sharpened the artist's eye to the visual effects of movement.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- A Trout Stream
- Artist
- Philip Reinagle
- Artist dates
- 1749 - 1833
- Date made
- about 1810
- Medium and support
- Oil on paper laid on canvas
- Dimensions
- 23 × 28.6 cm
- Inscription summary
- Inscribed
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L862
- Location
- On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK
- Image copyright
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
- Collection
- Main Collection
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