Specifically it contrasts two works by Fra Angelico (born c.
Left, a modern view of the castle.This paper offers a thematic study of how a contemporary female audience may have encountered the direct gaze in Italian religious paintings of the mid- Quattrocento. Pounds 1.5m to pounds 2.5m, the watercolour is one of the artist's IMMORTAL SCENE: The lost masterpiece by JMW Turner entitledīamborough Castle that will go on sale in December. "If it went back to the North-East, it would be an even bigger It has been in the United States for more thanġ00 years but it is in the lap of the gods if it comes back to Britain. "The re-emergence of the painting is very exciting from anĪcademic point of view.
Human element and the castle seems aloof from the storm," said Mr "Turner was interested in the strength of nature against the Turns up." In the painting, the castle towers above a storm-lashed Outside our budget unless we win the lottery or some great benefactor Hanging in the King's Hall in the castle, but it's well "Obviously, it would be wonderful to have the Turner painting Made the last four in Channel 4 TV's recent series onĬastle administrator Chris Calvert said: "The castle isĮxtremely popular with artists and photographers. "I think he would have been absolutely bowled over, not leastīy the sheer size of the castle," said Mr Weymss. With the wild Northumbrian coastline and its castles. He said Turner would almost certainly have been hugely impressed The painting changed hands privatelyĪround 1890 and people lost touch with it." The finest watercolour-drawings in the world" and Mr Wemyss said: The Graphic Society in 1837 described the painting as "one of Watercolour, but more expensive than many Turner oils." "The market in 1872 made it not only the most valuable Rediscovery after more than a century away from the public eye,Īlongside its dramatic and powerful British subject, result in an Treat to have the privilege of bringing it to sale. Watercolour fully demonstrates the genius of Turner and it's a real Head of British watercolours at Sotheby's, said: "This The painting was listedĪs untraced in Andrew Wilton's Catalogue of Turner Watercoloursīut now the Vanderbilt descendants are to sell, and Henry Wemyss, Watercolour has passed down through the family. Since entering the collection of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Made them one of the wealthiest families in the world. The Vanderbilt family played a significant role in US history,īuilding a shipping and railroad empire during the 19th Century which United States and has not been seen in public for 118 years.
In about 1890 the painting was sold to the Vanderbilt family in the On the open market was 135 years ago when the Earl of Dudley paid poundsģ,309 for it - then a record for a watercolour. The last time the Bamburgh painting, titled Bamborough Castle, was Paintings of Gibside, now a National Trust estate near Rowlands Gill,Īnd Dunstanburgh and Bamburgh castles on the Northumbrian coast. Turner made a tour of the North of England in 1797, which produced Make between pounds 1.5m and pounds 2.5m. It will be sold by Sotheby's on December 5 and is estimated to ONE of the North-East's finest views may soon have a poundsĪ lost painting of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland byīritain's greatest watercolourist JMW Turner has surfaced after APA style: The lost masterpiece 'Incredibly rare and special work of art' rediscovered.The lost masterpiece 'Incredibly rare and special work of art' rediscovered." Retrieved from MLA style: "The lost masterpiece 'Incredibly rare and special work of art' rediscovered." The Free Library.
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