The Barn

Sir Edwin Landseer

Associated Names
Sir Edwin Landseer

Artist, British, 1802 - 1873

The image shows an interior view of a rustic, open-aired structure, possibly a barn, with a roof made of rough timber planks and beams. The point of view is slightly off-center with a space filled with various farming tools and objects. The structure occupies most of the scene with beams crisscrossing at the top. In the distance, glimpses of trees and a landscape are visible through the structure. The artwork features a monochromatic palette using shades of brown and gray applied with fine linework. A small bird perches on a ladder in the foreground. Close by are rough stone walls, stacks of straw, and other farming elements, creating a scene of rural life.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over graphite on two joined sheets of wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 9.5 x 17.9 cm (3 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.95


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leicester Galleries, London; (Durlacher Brothers, London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1964-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA; Roanoke Fine Arts Center, Roanoke, VA; Longwood College, Farmville, VA; University of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Virginia Museum Downtown Gallery, First and Merchants Center, Richmond, VA, 1973-1975.

Bibliography

1975

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, Virginia Museum Downtown Gallery, Richmond, 1975, 13.

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, checklist 153

Wikidata ID

Q64631879

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