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View of Beaufort Cottage near Golding Constable's House

Painted from the grounds of East Bergholt House circa 1811, Beaufort Cottage stands at the edge of the old Village Green and has close links to both ‘A Village Fair’ and ‘Flatford Mill’ painted in the same year.

  • 1
  • 1811
  • 14cm x 18cm
  • Private Collection
  • Oil on Canvas
  • 235
  • Oil on Canvas, 1811, 14cm x 18cm, Private Collection
  • Well Known

Details

East Bergholt House was built by John Constable’s father, Golding Constable, in the 1760’s and was the artist’s childhood home.

As a young boy, Constable had spent hours sketching clouds whilst working at the mill owned by his father. He referred to them as his ‘Skying’ sessions, developing his skill which became evident in both his study of clouds series and here where you can see the rapid movements and scratched off layers of quickly applied paint, perhaps showing the succession of thoughts that went through Constable’s mind and the creative process of his ideas.

Provenance.

  • Thomas Churchyard (1795-1865)
  • Catherine Churchyard (1839-1888), his youngest daughter
  • Private Collection England 1950’s
  • Whence sold, Market Harborough, Gildings 3rd December 2019 to a private buyer for an undisclosed figure.
  • 1
  • 1811
  • 14cm x 18cm
  • Private Collection
  • Oil on Canvas
  • 235
  • Oil on Canvas, 1811, 14cm x 18cm, Private Collection
  • Well Known

Other Images

3 A Village Fair<br>

3 A Village Fair

2 West Lodge<br>

2 West Lodge

 

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