Landscape with a View of a Distant Village
About this artwork
The distant settlement in this panoramic landscape was once inaccurately described as Great Cornard village in Gainsborough’s native Suffolk. The subject is now thought to be imaginary, even if based on actual motifs studied from nature. Around 1749, when he returned to Sudbury after an interlude in London, he received several private commissions for decorative paintings to be hung over doors or mantelpieces. The elongated, horizontal format suggests that this may have been another.
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title:Landscape with a View of a Distant Village
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accession number:NG 2174
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materials:Oil on canvas
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date created:Late 1740s or early 1750s
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measurements:75.00 x 151.00 cm (framed: 94.50 x 170.50 x 8.50 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1953
Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough
Gainsborough excelled as a portrait and landscape painter. He was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, and trained in London. He became a highly successful artist, first in Ipswich, then in Bath. He concentrated on portraiture to make a living and continued to build on the grand manner of Van Dyck, but…
