Landscape with Willow Tree
Summary
Freely painted landscape looking across a river to the landscape beyond. In the centre of the composition a tall willow tree is silhouetted against a pale cloudy sky. Smaller trees and bushes line the river's bank and recede into the distance. In the foreground, the surface of the river reflects its surroundings.
Display Label
View near Lincoln, with Willow Tree about 1810 Peter de Wint 1784-1849 Oil on panel De Wint was an associate of several Romantic writers, including Thomas De Quincey and John Keats. John Clare published a sonnet to him in 1835 declaring That rushy flats, befringed with willow tree, Rivalled the beauties of the Italian skies. The artist also made a watercolour study of this subject which he inscribed 'near Lincoln'. Purchased 1946.164
Object Name
Landscape with Willow Tree
Creators Name
Date Created
1810
Dimensions
Panel: 27.5cm x 43.3cm
Frame: 45.1cm x 61cm
accession number
1946.164
Place of creation
England
Support
millboard on panel
Medium
oil paint on millboard on panel
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