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Thomas Jones 'A Wall in Naples', probably 1782.

Thomas Jones, 'A Wall in Naples', probably 1782. London, The National Gallery.

 

Thomas Jones, 'A Wall in Naples'

The smallest painting in the National Gallery is a beautifully executed painting of the simplest of subjects: a shabby stone wall. The director and the curator, Christopher Riopelle, look at why Thomas Jones painted it.

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