Richard Wilson
(1714-1782)
Blick über die Themse bei Richmond Gardens auf Syon House,
um 1760/70
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
103,5 x 139 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Acquisition
1978 aus dem Kunsthandel erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München
Citation
Richard Wilson, Blick über die Themse bei Richmond Gardens auf Syon House, um 1760/70, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/apG90mJLZn (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
Wilson's paintings are dominated by the warm light of the South, which he knew both from the work of Claude Lorraine and at first hand in Italy. On his return from Italy, he applied Claude's idealised, classical approach to landscape to depictions of views in Britain, as in this painting.
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