FDA-P.44-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.44-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
View of Eton from the Fifteen Arch bridge, with travellers and other figures
Comments
One of two versions of this picture, both of which are at Eton.
This painting may have been a later copy done by the artist. The architectural and topographical elements are almost identical, as are the figures on the road, although the proportions and arrangement of the right-hand tree are somewhat different. The provenance of this version is not known and leaves us with a puzzle as to why the Collections should have these two versions of De Cort's painting.
Hendrick Frans de Cort was a Flemish artist who worked in Antwerp and Paris before settling in England after 1789. A painter of country houses, castles, cathedrals and other views, he frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution between 1790 and 1806. Here he paints Eton from the Fifteen-Arch Bridge, a view chosen by several 18th- and 19th-century topographical artists.
This painting may have been a later copy done by the artist. The architectural and topographical elements are almost identical, as are the figures on the road, although the proportions and arrangement of the right-hand tree are somewhat different. The provenance of this version is not known and leaves us with a puzzle as to why the Collections should have these two versions of De Cort's painting.
Hendrick Frans de Cort was a Flemish artist who worked in Antwerp and Paris before settling in England after 1789. A painter of country houses, castles, cathedrals and other views, he frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution between 1790 and 1806. Here he paints Eton from the Fifteen-Arch Bridge, a view chosen by several 18th- and 19th-century topographical artists.
Description
Dimensions
height (sight size): 635mm
width (sight size): 1160mm
height (frame): 813mm
width (frame): 1340mm
depth (frame): 44mm
width (sight size): 1160mm
height (frame): 813mm
width (frame): 1340mm
depth (frame): 44mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt wood frame
Production
Person
de Cort, Hendrik Frans, 1742 - 1810 (Artist)
Date
c.1790-1810
History and association
Object history note
Exhibited: 'Leaving Portraits from Eton College', Dulwich Picture Gallery, 18 July to 20 October 1991, catalogue number 50
