George Lambert, 1700–1765, British, An Arcadian Landscape, 1742
- Title:
- An Arcadian Landscape
- Date:
- 1742
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pastel on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 7/8 inches (49.5 x 65.7 cm), Frame: 24 1/2 x 31 x 2 3/8 inches (62.2 x 78.7 x 6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown chalk, lower right: "G.L. 1742"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012)
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2012.5
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arcadia | boat | clouds | figures | landscape | men | river | sheep | trees
- Associated Places:
- Arcadia | Greece
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:66185
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George Lambert, a member of the artistic circle of William Hogarth and Francis Hayman, was the first British-born painter to devote himself entirely to landscape painting. Although he often painted topographical views, he also made idealized compositions derived from the Italian tradition. In the mid-1740s he painted a small number of landscapes in pastel, then a new departure in Britain at a time when pastels were mostly reserved for portraits. In this example, an ideal landscape opens before us to reveal two figures reclining by a river and a shepherd driving his flock toward us along the road. The scene represents a vision of happy and harmonious nature bathed in sunlight, a glimpse of a lost, golden age. Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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