Thomas Jones, 'Landscape with a Distant View of the Sea (Italy)', late 1770s?
Landscape with a Distant View of the Sea (Italy)
On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK About the work
Overview
The generalised features of this broad, sweeping landscape prevent a precise identification of the site, but it is likely to be a sketch made in Italy. According to his 'Memoirs', Jones also made oil studies in his native Wales on three occasions in the 1770s before departing for Italy in 1776. The farm buildings in the middle ground resemble those found in both Italy and Wales.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Landscape with a Distant View of the Sea (Italy)
- Artist
- Thomas Jones
- Artist dates
- 1742 - 1803
- Date made
- late 1770s?
- Medium and support
- Oil on paper mounted on board
- Dimensions
- 14.7 × 22.1 cm
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L841
- 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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