Charles Rémond, 'View in Italy', 1822-1825
About the work
Overview
This view almost certainly dates from Charles Rémond’s 1822–5 period in Italy. A landscape unfolds under a clear bright sky; a valley runs between overlapping hills, pale blue hills form a backdrop. Despite the luminous sky the colours are muted, the passage from foreground to misty distance carefully orchestrated.
The long flowing brushwork is barely visible in places, with passages of more expressive, yet still controlled work in the foreground. The bushes and grasses are rendered minutely, with small, individual strokes for every leaf or blade of grass. It has been suggested that the tightly constructed composition, coupled with the canvas support, could indicate a studio work rather than a pure plein-air (painted outdoors) study.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- View in Italy
- Artist
- Charles Rémond
- Artist dates
- 1795 - 1875
- Date made
- 1822-1825
- Medium and support
- oil on paper, mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 35 cm
- Acquisition credit
- Presented by the Lishawa family, 2018
- Inventory number
- NG6674
- Location
- Room 39
- Collection
- Main Collection
- Frame
- 19th-century British Frame
Provenance
Additional information
This painting is included in a list of works with incomplete provenance from 1933–1945; for more information see Whereabouts of paintings 1933–1945.
Text extracted from the National Gallery’s Annual Report, ‘The National Gallery: Review of the Year, April 2018 – March 2019’.
Bibliography
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2019National Gallery, The National Gallery: Review of the Year, April 2018 - March 2019, London 2019
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