The Vale of Dedham (painting)
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Artist | John Constable |
Year | 1828 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 144.5 cm × 122 cm (56.9 in × 48 in) |
Location | Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
Accession | NG 2016 |
The Vale of Dedham is an 1828 oil painting by the English painter John Constable which depicts Dedham Vale on the Essex-Suffolk border in eastern England. It is in the permanent collection of the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.[1]
Scholars believe the subject of the painting references Constable's inspiration from Claude Lorrain's Hagar and the Angel, and the painting was meant to pay homage to Claude.[2]
The view from Gun Hill along the River Stour to Dedham village and the distant Stour estuary was a favourite subject of Constable which he painted several times, most noticeably the 1802 version in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
In this work, the paint is thickly applied with touches of white to emphasise the reflection of sunlight. The work was primarily responsible for his admission to the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts in 1829.
See also
- List of paintings by John Constable
- Dedham Vale, 1802, Victoria and Albert Museum
- Dedham Vale, 1802, Yale Center for British Art
- Dedham Vale, 1802, Kōriyama City Museum of Art, Koriyama, Japan
- Dedham Vale, 1810, Dayton Art Institute
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- List of paintings
- The Celebration in East Bergholt of the Peace of 1814 (1814)
- Boat-Building Near Flatford Mill (1815)
- Stour Valley and Dedham Church (1815)
- Golding Constable's Flower Garden (1815)
- Golding Constable's Vegetable Garden (1815)
- Wivenhoe Park (1816)
- Flatford Mill (1817)
- Weymouth Bay: Bowleaze Cove and Jordon Hill (1817)
- The White Horse (1819)
- Harwich Lighthouse (1820)
- Stratford Mill (1820)
- Waterloo Bridge (1820)
- The Hay Wain (1821)
- Malvern Hall (1821)
- Road to the Spaniards (1822)
- Gillingham Bridge (1823)
- Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (1823)
- The Lock (1824)
- Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead Heath (1825)
- The Cornfield (1826)
- Parham Mill (1826)
- Chain Pier, Brighton (1827)
- The Vale of Dedham (1828)
- Hadleigh Castle (1829)
- Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831)
- The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (1832)
- Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead (1832)
- Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1836)
- Arundel Mill and Castle (1837)
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