Northumberland House (painting)
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Artist | Canaletto |
Year | 1752 |
Type | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 84 cm × 137 cm (33 in × 54 in) |
Location | Private Collection |
Northumberland House is a 1752 landscape painting by the Italian artist Canaletto. Painted during his nine-year stay in Britain he depicts Northumberland House on the Strand by Charing Cross in London close to the location of the later Trafalgar Square.[1][2] Canaletto was commissioned by the Westminster property's owner Sir Hugh Smithson, later the Duke of Northumberland. Smithson was his most important patron during his time in England.[3] The work shows Northumberland House at the middle of the eighteenth century. On the right of the painting is Hubert Le Sueur's Equestrian statue of Charles I
References
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[edit]- Constable, William George. analetto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768 : Catalogue. Art Gallery of Toronto, 1964.
- Hitchcock, Tim. Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London. A&C Black, 2004.
- Kowalczyk, Bożena Anna . Canaletto, 1697–1768. Silvana Editoriale, 2018.
- Liversidge, M.J.H. & Farrington, Jane. Canaletto & England. Merrel Holberton, 1993.
- Martineau, Jane & Robison, Andrew. The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century. Yale University Press, 1994
- Uzanne, Octave. Canaletto. Parkstone International, 2023.
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