A View of the River Dee

Copyright

Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld

Maker

1714-1782

Title

A View of the River Dee

Date of Production

c. 1760

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 68.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 115 cm (canvas)

Object Number

P.2005.XX.2

Mode of Acquisition

Jeanne Courtauld, bequest, 2005 (May)

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display

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Keywords

Label Text

A founding member of the Royal Academy, Richard Wilson was one of the first British artists to promote landscape as a subject in its own right. He produced a number of views of the River Dee in Cheshire, stretching to the hills of his native Wales in the distance. Like many of Wilson’s paintings, this landscape presents an idealised view of nature, emphasising its harmony and serenity. The warm golden light that bathes the composition is a reminder of Wilson’s recent seven-year stay in Italy (1750–57).

Provenance

John Sewell Courtauld (d.1942); Miss Jeanne Courtauld (by descent); Jeanne Courtauld Bequest 2005

Exhibition History

The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010

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