Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 'Mountainous Landscape with Ruins and Buildings', 1796
About the work
Overview
The strong horizontal composition of the sketch suggests that it was made as a study for a panorama painting. The colours are muted, the forms not sharply distinguished from one another, and the paint applied thinly, almost like watercolour. The space seems compressed, with the farm buildings and ruins in the middle distance forming a single horizontal line.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Mountainous Landscape with Ruins and Buildings
- Artist
- Ramsay Richard Reinagle
- Artist dates
- 1775 - 1862
- Date made
- 1796
- Medium and support
- Oil on paper laid on canvas
- Dimensions
- 13 × 33.4 cm
- Inscription summary
- Inscribed
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L864
- Location
- Room 39
- 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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