Cetara on the Gulf of Salerno

1790

John Robert Cozens

Associated Names
John Robert Cozens

Artist, British, 1752 - 1799

The image shows a waterfront with mountains in the background. The viewpoint is elevated, showing the water, landscape, and horizon. Buildings are visible near the water, and mountains loom in the distance. The painting style is soft and dreamy, emphasizing a serene atmosphere with blended brushstrokes. Colors include blues, grays, greens, whites, and light grays, creating a calm and cool mood.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Thomas Calvert Girtin, Great Britain; George W. Girtin, Great Britain; Thomas Girtin, Great Britain; Tom Girtin, Great Britain, 1991; (Leger Galleries Ltd., London, 1992); purchase 1992 by NGA.

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Exhibition History

1906

  • London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1906, no. 70.

1922

  • Drawings by John Robert Cozens, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1922-1923, no. 42, repro. pl. XXIII.

1934

  • Exhibition of British Art, c.1000-1860, Royal Academy, London, 1934.

1953

  • Early Watercolours from the Collection of Thomas Girtin, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1953, no. 20.

1954

  • European Masters of the Eighteenth Century. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 1954-1955, no. 633.

1958

  • Exhibition of Early English Watercolours, City Art Gallery, Leeds, 1958, no. 24.

1962

  • The Girtin Collection, Royal Academy, London, 1962, no. 18.

1971

  • Watercolours by John Robert Cozens, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1971, no. 62, reprod.

1992

  • British Landscape Painting, Leger Galleries, London, 1992, no. 32.

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 43.

1993

  • The Great Age of British Watercolors 1750-1880, Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993, no. 94.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001, 198-199.

2001

  • Paysages d'Italie: Les peintres du plein air (1780-1830), Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Centro Internazionale d'Arte e di Cultura di Palazzo Te, Mantua, 2001, no. 27, repro. (shown only in Paris).

2006

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

Bibliography

1933

  • Binyon, Lawrence. English Watercolours. London, 1933, 54, reprod. facing p. 44.

1935

  • Bell, C.F., and T. Girtin. "The Drawings and Sketches of John Robert Cozens," Walpole Society 23, 1935, no. 276 iii, repro. pl. XXXIIIa.

1952

  • Oppé, A.P. Alexander & John Robert Cozens. 1952, 152.

1996

  • Klonk, Charlotte. Science and the Perception of Nature: British Landscape Art in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries. New Haven and London, 1996: 31, fig. 7.

2004

  • Christie's, London. "British Art on Paper," sale catalogue, 18 November 2004, 47, under no. 57.

Wikidata ID

Q64583873

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