Monte Circeo at Sunset

1780s

John Robert Cozens

Artist, British, 1752 - 1799

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on paper; laid down on original presentation mount

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    support: 38.9 x 54 cm (15 5/16 x 21 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.23.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Nowell Clarke; (sold, Sotheby's London, 11 July 1945, no. 45); (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London). Mount Trust. Dr. Marc Fitch [1908-1994]; (Leger Galleries, London, in 1988); acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

1993

  • The Great Age of British Watercolors 1750-1880, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993.

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1988

  • Leger Galleries. The Fitch Collection. London, 3/16/88-4/15/88: no. 8.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink on mount: J. Cozens.

Wikidata ID

Q64583872

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