Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1969.11516 |
Collection |
Painting Collection |
Title |
Landscape with Cattle Standing in a Pool |
Date |
1784 |
Artist |
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) |
Signature |
Gainsborough 1784 |
Signature Location |
Bottom of canvas, viewer's right |
Description |
Imagine a special place where you enjoy getting away from it all. For Gainsborough, that place was often the Suffolk countryside in England. Inspired by its rolling hills, meandering rivers, and dusky woodlands, the apinter captured beautiful scenes of country life. |
Medium |
Oil, Canvas |
Technique |
Painted |
Height (in) |
14.865 |
Width (in) |
21.165 |
Culture |
English |
School |
Romanticism |
Place of Origin |
Suffolk, England |
Credit Line |
Gift of Eleanor Carrick |
People |
Carrick, Eleanor Gainsborough, Thomas |
Search Terms |
18th Century Animals Clothing / Dress Cows Dogs English Figures, Children Figures, Women Firewood Green Landscapes Oil Paint Paintings Rivers Sky Streams Suffolk, England Trees Water |
Location |
On view , The J. William and M. H. Straker Gallery, 2nd Floor |