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Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill was painted by the leading English landscape artist John Constable between 1816 and 1817. It is the second of three oil versions of this view painted by Constable and now hangs in the National Gallery, London.[1]

Weymouth Bay
Artist	John Constable
Year	1816-1817
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	53 cm × 75 cm (21 in × 30 in)
Location	National Gallery, London

History

From mid October to December 1816, Constable and Maria Bicknell spent their six-week honeymoon at his friend John Fisher's vicarage in the village of Osmington, near the seaside town of Weymouth in Dorset.[2] The idea for this painting dates from this period. The painting shows a view of Weymouth Bay looking west which includes Bowleaze Cove, Jordan Hill and the small Jordan River flowing over the beach, with Furzy Cliff behind. Beyond that in the far distance is the beach at Greenhill.

Other Versions

Prior to Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill, Constable made a small oil sketch ‘Weymouth Bay’, 1816, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. He is believed to have hastily painted this sketch on location.[3] The sketch is about half the size of the National Gallery painting, which is believed to have been painted back at the vicarage where the couple were staying.[4] The third, is a larger and more accomplished version of the National Gallery painting. It was exhibited at the British Institution under the name ‘Osmington Shore, near Weymouth’, in 1819.[5][6] The painting now has the title ‘Weymouth Bay with Approaching Storm’ and hangs in the Louvre in Paris.[7]

References

Further reading

• O'Neill, J, ed. (2000). Romanticism & the school of nature : nineteenth-century drawings and paintings from the Karen B. Cohen collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

External links

• National Gallery information

На других языках

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- [en] Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill

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[es] La bahía de Weymouth

La bahía de Weymouth es un cuadro del pintor romántico británico John Constable. Está datado hacia 1816. Se trata de un óleo sobre tela que mide 53 centímetros de alto por 75 centímetros de ancho. Actualmente se conserva en la National Gallery de Londres (Reino Unido).

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[it] Baia di Weymouth: Bowleaze Cove e Jordon Hill

Baia di Weymouth: Bowleaze Cove e Jordon Hill è un dipinto di John Constable che misura 53 centimetri di altezza e 75 di lunghezza. Eseguito tra il 1816 e il 1817, è conservato nella National Gallery di Londra.

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