Eton College (painting)
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| Artist | Canaletto |
| Year | 1754 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 62 cm × 108 cm (24 in × 43 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
Eton College is a 1754 landscape painting by the Italian artist Canaletto.[1][2] It depicts a view of Eton College, then in Buckinghamshire, from the opposite bank of the River Thames at Windsor.[3] Prominent amongst the buildings is Eton College Chapel, built during the fifteenth century.
It was one of the final paintings produced by Canaletto at the end of his nine-year stay in Britain before he returned to his native Italy. Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1876.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Herrmann p.29
- ^ Thomson p.8
- ^ Baetjer p.260
- ^ https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/canaletto-eton-college
Bibliography
[edit]- Baetjer, Katharine. Canaletto. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.
- Hermann, Luke. British Landscape Painting of the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press, 1974.
- Thomson, David. Renaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, Luxury. Manchester University Press, 1993.
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