Landscape with a Ruin
Carlo Bonavia (fl.1755 - 1788)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1755 - 1788
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
381 x 521 mm (15 x 20 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732302
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape with a Ruin by Carlo Bonavia (fl. 1755 -1788), signed CB. Figures stand next to a tree and rocks in front of a ruined tower. A waterfall flows on the left.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoarr Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Carlo Bonavia (fl.1755 - 1788), artist
References
William Constable 'Carlo Bonavia: an addendum', Art Quarterly, XXV (1962), p.217, no.8 & fig 8.ia