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Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir
Thomas Gainsboroughc. 1782–1783
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
In a sketchy manner, Gainsborough convincingly singled out the various elements comprising this sweeping landscape—meadow, rocks, trees—by only slightly varying colors and brushstrokes. At the same time, however, a great sense of unity prevails. Although the bulk of Gainsborough's artistic output was portraits, he insisted that landscape was his first love.
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- Title: Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir
- Creator: Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788)
- Date Created: c. 1782–1783
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 89.5 x 110 x 8 cm (35 1/4 x 43 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 70.5 x 91 cm (27 3/4 x 35 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: F. Fleischmann (1904), sold to O. Ashscroft, O. Ashscroft, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (Colnaghi, London, United Kingdom, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.59
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Fun Fact: Gainsborough collected and was inspired by Dutch landscape painting.
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: England, 18th century
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: P - British before 1800
- Accession Number: 1984.59
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