Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir
Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788)
c. 1782–1783
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 70.5 × 91 cm · framed: 89.5 × 110 × 8 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1984.59
Tags
male
About this artwork
In a sketchy manner, Gainsborough convincingly singled out the various elements comprising this sweeping landscape—meadow, rocks, trees—by only slightly varying colors and brushstrokes. At the same time, however, a great sense of unity prevails. Although the bulk of Gainsborough's artistic output was portraits, he insisted that landscape was his first love.