John Constable: English: The LockEspañol: La esclusaFrançais : L'Écluse
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Artist |
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Title |
Español: La esclusa Français : L'Écluse |
Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Description |
English: This painting shows the lock at Flatford Mill, on the River Stour in Suffolk Español: El tema de este lienzo es la esclusa del molino de Flatford en el río Stour, Suffolk |
Date |
1824 date QS:P571,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 142.2 cm (55.9 in); width: 120.7 cm (47.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,142.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,120.7U174728 |
Object history |
James Morrison (1789-1857) of Balham Hill, London, and Basildon Park, Berkshire, by whom acquired for 150 guineas on the opening day of the 1824 Royal Academy exhibition, and by descent to his grandson, Colonel James Archibald Morrison (1873-1934), at Basildon Park, until this was sold in 1929, and subsequently by inheritance through his daughter Mary, wife of Major John Dent-Brocklehurst of Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire; The Trustees of the Walter Morrison Picture Settlement; Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1990, lot 128 (sold £10,780,000). Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1992-2012 (INV. Nr. CTB.1991.1) sold 2012 at Christie's: price realized £22,441,250 including hammer price and buyer's premium. |
Source/Photographer |
1. allartpainting.com 2. Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5584815 |
Other versions |
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Blue tones
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Second 1825 Foster version
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1834 mezzotint by David Lucas
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A Sketch in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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A study in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Image by Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza |