Full Record |
| Title |
Architectural Landscape with Ruins |
| Collection |
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle |
| Artist |
Attributed to manner of Patel, Pierre Antoine (French painter, 1648-1707) |
| Date Earliest |
possibly about 1700 |
| Date Latest |
possibly about 1750 |
| Description |
This type of Mediterranean landscape with classical ruins and small picturesque figures was popularised by Pierre Antoine Patel in the last decades of the seventeenth century. The composition and the motifs correspond to Patel's paintings, but stylistic differences suggest that this is a later work which follows his style. |
| Current Accession Number |
B.M.85 |
| Subject |
landscape; buildings and gardens; figure |
| Measurements |
78.5 x 61 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. |
| Rights Owner |
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham |
| Author |
Dr Mercedes Cerón |
