Giovanni Costa, 'After a Shower near Pisa', late 19th century
After a Shower near Pisa
On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK About the work
Overview
This small, subtle painting of damp fields near Pisa probably dates from the late 19th century. Clouds dance above the line of trees and the hillside, and in the foreground, wild flowers are suggested with countless minute touches of colour.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- After a Shower near Pisa
- Artist
- Giovanni Costa
- Artist dates
- 1826 - 1903
- Date made
- late 19th century
- Medium and support
- Oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 13.3 × 29.2 cm
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L816
- 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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