Study of Clouds

Constable must have admired Cuyp’s cows – he owned a series of prints of them – but his greatest appreciation was reserved for Cuyp’s skies: the constantly changing colours, the forms of the clouds, an approaching storm and other atmospheric phenomena.

John Constable, Study of Clouds, 1822, Oil on paper, laid on canvas, 48 x 59 cm, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum