Guardarrama, Segovia

Sir Muirhead Bone

Associated Names
Muirhead Bone

Artist, Scottish, 1876 - 1953

The image depicts a landscape seen from a high vantage point, showcasing a wide terrain leading to distant mountains with snow on their peaks. The horizon is low in the picture, emphasizing the mountain range. The painting features expressive brushstrokes, especially noticeable in the sky with swirling blues and grays indicating cloud movement. The color scheme consists of earth tones transitioning from browns and greens closer to the viewer to softer blues and whites in the distance. Near the center, small structures and crosses hint at human presence in the vast natural setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 13.9 x 21.3 cm (5 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1532


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1947

  • A Survey of Watercolor: East and West, Old and New, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1947, no cat.

Inscriptions

lower right: Muirhead Bone; in unknown hand, across bottom verso: The Guadarramas / & Calvary.; in later hand, lower left verso: 28; lower center verso: 51; lower right verso: Segovia / 24799 (upside down)

Wikidata ID

Q64632114

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