JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)

Los 53
02.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1443283
Los 53 | JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)
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£ 30 000 – 50 000
JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (EAST BERGHOLT 1776-1837 HAMPSTEAD)
Moonlight landscape, with Hadleigh Church in the distance
signed, inscribed and dated 'John Constable pinxit 1796' (on the reverse of the original canvas, according to Reynolds; op. cit., 1996)
oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 21 5/8 in. (45.5 x 54.8 cm.)




Provenance

(Possibly) given by the artist to a member of the Constable-Maxwell family, Terregles, Dumfriesshire, and by descent at Terregles House to,
(Possibly) Herbert Constable-Maxwell-Stuart (1842-1921), until December 1920, when acquired at an attic sale at Terregles House by,
Art market, Dumfries, where acquired in August 1921 by,
Professor Arthur Cecil Alport (1880-1959), and by descent to the seller at the following,
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 April 1995, lot 83, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

A.C. Alport, 'Constable's First Landscape?', Country Life, CXII, 10 October 1952, p. 1097, as 'signed on the back "John Constable pinxit 1796."'.
R.B. Beckett, ed., John Constable's Correspondence II: Early friends and Maria Bicknell, Ipswich, 1964, p. 6.
R. Hoozee, L'Opera completa di John Constable, Milan, 1979, p. 88, no. 1, illustrated, as signed, inscribed 'John Constable pinxit 1796', on the reverse.
H. Belsey, ed., From Gainsborough to Constable: The Emergence of Naturalism in British Landscape Painting 1750-1810, exhibition catalogue, Woodbridge, 1991, pp. 16, 17, 42 and 62, no. 34, pl. 5, as 'inscribed on reverse of original canvas: John Constable pinxit 1796'.
G. Reynolds, The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, New Haven and London, 1996, I, pp. 7 and 151, no. 96.1; II, pl. 18, as 'inscribed by the artist on the back of the original canvas: John Constable pinxit 1796.'.
M. Evans, ed., The Making of a Master: John Constable, exhibition catalogue, London, 2014, pp. 19, 21 and 29, no. 6, illustrated, as 'inscribed by the artist on the back of the original canvas John Constable pinxit 1796'.



Exhibited

Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery, John Constable 1776-1837, 26 April-3 June 1956, no. 9, as 'inscribed on back: John Constable pinxit 1796.' (lent by Professor A. Cecil Alport).
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House; London, The Leger Galleries, From Gainsborough to Constable: The Emergence of Naturalism in British Landscape Painting 1750-1810, 17 August-4 December 1991, no. 34.
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Making of a Master: John Constable, 20 September 2014-11 January 2015, no. 6.
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