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Title:
Rocks, Tree Trunks and Branches
Object name(s):
Picture; British
Brief description:
This bleak yet powerful depiction of rocks and branches was probably painted during Wallis's stay in Italy between 1788 and 1806. The artist often chose such simple subjects, also recording rocky outcrops, forest paths, ancient ruins overgrown with greenery, and as here, the accidental conjunctions of nature. In this painting Wallis deftly records the texture of moss on rocks and bark.
Collection:
National Gallery
Credit line:
The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
Current location:
Not on display
Current reproduction location:
2/284/155/379/mid_L-0872-00-000003.jpg
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Overall
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
46.20
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
Overall
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
44.30
Form:
None
Material:
Oil on paper
Object name:
Picture; British
Object production date:
about 1800
Date - earliest / single:
1800
Date - latest:
1800
Object production date:
Date - period:
1800-24
Object production person:
George Augustus Wallis
Person's birth date:
1761
Person's death date:
1847
Other number:
L872
Other number type:
object number
Other number:
0FCP-0001-0000-0000
Other number type:
PID
Other number:
L872
Other number type:
display number
Other number:
000-034P-0000
Other number type:
PID (NG alternative)
Other number:
l2872
Other number type:
sort number
Responsible department/section:
Main Collection
Right note:
To encourage the use and reuse of the National Gallery's collection data, they are released under the following dedications and licences: Structured data (as opposed to narrative texts) are released under a Creative Commons Zero dedication (CC0): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Descriptions, notes and all other narrative text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Style:
neoclassical
Style:
Georgian

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/909294ff-1d28-3909-b789-5ca3ba7fba93

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/909294ff-1d28-3909-b789-5ca3ba7fba93, National Gallery, CC BY

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