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Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir
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About this work
In a sketchy manner, Gainsborough convincingly singled out the various elements comprising this sweeping landscape—meadow, rocks, trees—by only slightly varying colors and brushstrokes. At the same time, however, a great sense of unity prevails. Although the bulk of Gainsborough's artistic output was portraits, he insisted that landscape was his first love.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir, c. 1782–1783. Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788). Oil on canvas; framed: 89.5 x 110 x 8 cm (35 1/4 x 43 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 70.5 x 91 cm (27 3/4 x 35 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1984.59
