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Landscape with Cattle
Philip James de Loutherbourgc.1767
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
De Loutherbourg trained in Paris with Francesco Casanova. He moved to London in 1771 and worked for David Garrick, the actor-manager, at Drury Lane, making something of a speciality of scene-painting with dazzling light effects. It is perhaps not a surprise that his landscapes often make full play of glowing and extreme effects of light.
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Details
- Title: Landscape with Cattle
- Creator Lifespan: 1740 - 1812
- Date: c.1767
- Physical Dimensions: w705 x h570 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- null: Perhaps one of the pair by Loutherbourg sold London, Christie's, Desenfans sale, 8 Apr. 1786, lot 366 ('LandscapeÐCattle and Figures. 36 x 45 out. fr. £50') or lot 376 ('LandscapeÐCattle, Sunset. 36 x 45. £50').
- Work Nationality: British
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
- Inscriptions: P J de Loutherbourg
- Further Information: De Loutherbourg's career as a set designer at Drury Lane comes through in this composition. It is a scenic landscape that extends into the far distance. The rocks included in the left foreground almost reach the plane of the viewer, allowing one to imagine that they can step into the idyllic scene.
- Artist: de Loutherbourg, Philippe Jacques
- Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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