Clock-Painting of La Roche-Guyon, with a Ferry on the River Seine
French School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
c. 1815
Materials
Oil on canvas
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851850
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Clock-Painting of La Roche-Guyon, with a Ferry on the River Seine', c. 1815, early 19th-century, French school. Blue-grey sky overcast with clouds of greenish-yellow. Group of feathery trees on left on bank of lake. In left foreground a carriage and pair approaching ferry. Gentleman in black morning dress welcoming party ashore. On far shore, monastery-type buildings at foot of rocky hills. Clock tower on right contains French chiming clock. Fortress on top of hill with tower flying a white pennant. This painting is similar to 'Le chateau de la Roche-Guyon' (c.1773–1775) in the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, ascribed to Hubert Robert.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
French School, artist previously catalogued as by Italian School, artist