European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Two Donkeys Made in England, Europe1816 John Constable, English, 1776 - 1837 Oil on canvas mounted on panel * Gallery 292, European Art 1500-1850, second floor (Haas Gallery) Inv. 155 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelConstable spent the winter of 1815–16 in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England, with his dying father. Making the most of the unusually warm weather and his proximity to rural subjects, he painted these donkeys on February 29, 1816. Worked on a small scrap of canvas, the sketch served as a preparatory study that Constable used when adding donkeys to three landscapes: a wood scene in autumn, a view of Hampstead Heath, and a path outside the village of Stoke-by-Nayland. At an unknown date, probably following the artist’s death, the sketch was mounted on a piece of wood and the paint extended about an inch in all directions.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
