File:John Constable A Boat Passing a Lock.jpg

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Summary

John Constable: The Lock  wikidata:Q7747960 reasonator:Q7747960
Artist
John Constable (1776–1837)  wikidata:Q159297 s:it:Autore:John Constable q:en:John Constable
 
John Constable
Description English painter, landscape painter, architectural drafter, visual artist and artist
Date of birth/death 11 June 1776 Edit this at Wikidata 31 March 1837 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death East Bergholt (Suffolk) London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London; Dedham; Hampton; Lavenham Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q159297
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
label QS:Les,"La esclusa"
label QS:Lfr,"L'Écluse"
label QS:Len,"The Lock"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
This painting shows the lock at Flatford Mill, on the River Stour in Suffolk
Date 1824
date QS:P571,+1824-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 142.2 cm (55.9 in); width: 120.7 cm (47.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,142.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,120.7U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,somevalue,P3831,Q768717
Object history
  • James Morrison (1789-1857) of Balham Hill, London, and Basildon Park, Berkshire, by whom acquired for 150 guineas on the opening day of the 1824 Royal Academy exhibition,
  • by descent to his grandson, Colonel James Archibald Morrison (1873-1934), at Basildon Park,
  • until this was sold in 1929,
  • and subsequently by inheritance through his daughter Mary, wife of Major John Dent-Brocklehurst of Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire;
  • The Trustees of the Walter Morrison Picture Settlement;
  • Sotheby's, London, 14 November 1990, lot 128 (sold £10,780,000).
  • Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan to the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1992-2012 (INV. Nr. CTB.1991.1)
  • sold 2012 at Christie's: price realized £22,441,250 including hammer price and buyer's premium.
References Christie's object ID: 5584815 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer 1. allartpainting.com
2. Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5584815
Other versions
  • Blue tones
    Blue tones
  • Second 1825 Foster version
    Second 1825 Foster version
  • 1834 mezzotint by David Lucas
    1834 mezzotint by David Lucas
  • A Sketch in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
    A Sketch in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • A study in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
    A study in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Image by Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Licensing

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Captions

The Lock (1824), depicting the lock at Flatford Mill, on the River Stour in Suffolk. 121 × 140 cm (47.5 × 56 in). Private collection

Items portrayed in this file

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The Lock

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