Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Title:: Classical Landscape with Figures and Animals: Sunset
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 46 1/2 inches (88.9 x 118.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed and dated in paint, lower left: "J. Wootton fect 1754"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.85
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: cattle | cows | horses (animals) | column (architectural element) | mountains | hills | workers | men | pulling | rope | boats | ship | costume | ruins | landscape
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: In Light of Claude Lorraine (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1983-03-12 - 1983-05-29)
Publications:: Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 260-261, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 84 (v.1), no. 299, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:427