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.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788) English
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title:Landscape with a View of a Distant Village
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date created:Late 1740s / early 1750s
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:75.00 x 151.00 cm; Framed: 94.50 x 170.50 x 8.50 cm / 33.00 kg
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1953
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accession number:NG 2174
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gallery:
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 also...
