19th-Century English School, Windsor Castle From Stanwell Moor

19th-Century English School, Windsor Castle From Stanwell MoorA charming late 19th century landscape painting depicting a view from Stanwell Moor in Surrey across to Windsor Castle. In the foreground, an old rickety bridge spans a waterway and leads on to a track that winds its way towards a cottage. While ahead of us, a family are situated before a stone bridge with one son pointing towards another. On the horizon, Windsor Castle majestically appears through the haze of the evenings sun and towers over this

532 achieved for ‘The antique collection at the National Gallery of Denmark’ at an auction in 2019 in Denmark

There’s very little difference between the structure of the building and the landscape beyond

which provides balance to the composition

His fondness for the breed led to their alternative name of ‘the Blenheim’ after his estate

A beautiful late 18th-century portrait of a fashionable Rococo lady wearing flowers in her hair

It’s beautifully rendered with areas of light impasto and some confident brushwork

blue and brown

and housed within a later frame

A few areas of minor paint loss

A cheerful French coastal scene depicting three sailboats

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 32” x 36½” / 81cm x 93cmYear of creation: c

It appears as if she’s merged with her environment - the foliage of a tree surrounding her figure