Description
This moody, broadly painted watercolor on rough, brown paper is emblematic of David Cox’s late style. Velvety grays and greens throughout the composition shift almost imperceptibly and streaks of blue wash, describing the distant hills and sky, are pierced by a sliver of brilliant yellow at the horizon. The ruined 12th-century priory is relegated to the background, nearly lost in the twilight.
Provenance
(sale, Victor G. Fischer Company Collection, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 19, 1912, no. 655) (1912); James Parmelee [1855-1931], Washington, DC, by descent to Alice Maury Parmelee (?-1931); Alice Maury Parmelee [1866-1940], Washington, DC, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH through the Estate of James Parmelee (1931-1940); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1940-)
Accession Number
1940.552
Medium
watercolor with black chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 48.8 x 75.4 cm (19 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Bequest of James Parmelee
