John Constable, Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead
Fund, 1972.48 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
John Constable

Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead

1828

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.6 × 78.1 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-109004

An amateur meteorologist, John Constable was most at home painting meticulously observed cloud formations, weather conditions, and natural light effects. He believed an accurate rendering of these constantly shifting elements could convey his vision of the vitality and magnificence of the English countryside. Working from the summerhouse he rented at Hampstead from 1819–26, Constable painted a landscape focusing more on the dark rain clouds than on the laborers in the foreground, keeping the details of their backbreaking work at a picturesque distance.

Provenance

Fund, 1972.48

Registry history

  • 1828 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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