1833
oil
canvas
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Cottage in a Cornfield is a 1833 oil by John Constable, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a small cottage in a cornfield. The cottage has a thatched roof and a chimney. In the foreground, there is a gate and a fence. A horse is standing behind the fence. The sky is blue with white clouds. The scene is peaceful and serene. The cottage and the cornfield are surrounded by trees and bushes. The painting is done in oil paint. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this piece, look up John Constable.
The Cottage in a Cornfield is an 1833 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable. It depicts a cottage in a cornfield located near East Bergholt in his native Suffolk. The donkey was based on a study Constable had produced in 1815 but the completed picture wasn't finished until March 1833. The painting was one of four works Constable displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1833 at Somerset House. Today it is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, having been presented by the artist's daughter Isabel as part of the Constable Bequest in 1888. It is…
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John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.
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