Moonlit Landscape with Gothic Ruin
Sebastian Pether (1790 – Battersea 1844)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1810 - 1844
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
235 x 330 mm (9 1/4 x 13 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1449048
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Moonlit Landscape with Gothic Ruin by Sebastian Pether (1790 – Battersea 1844), 1810-44, signed S.Pether. A landscape, the moon reflected in water, a Gothic ruin, a weir and figures in the middle ground.
Provenance
Consigned to Christie's in May 1922 by a J. Osborne but not put into a sale; bequeathed by Katherine Salting, Lady Binning (1871-1952) to the National Trust as part of the contents of Fenton House.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: S. Pether On the back, in pencil: 18 On the back: 354 DN On the back, in white chalk: 569 [over] 4 Frame label: PETHER On the back of the frame: FENTON 4
Makers and roles
Sebastian Pether (1790 – Battersea 1844), artist