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Thomas Jones, Landscape with a Distant View of the Sea (Italy)

Key facts
Full title Landscape with a Distant View of the Sea (Italy)
Artist Thomas Jones
Artist dates 1742 - 1803
Date made late 1770s?
Medium and support Oil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions 14.7 × 22.1 cm
Acquisition credit The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
Inventory number L841
Location Not on display
Image copyright The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
Collection Main Collection
Landscape with a Distant View of the Sea (Italy)
Thomas Jones

The generalised features of this broad, sweeping landscape prevent a precise identification of the site, but it is likely to be a sketch made in Italy. According to his 'Memoirs', Jones also made oil studies in his native Wales on three occasions in the 1770s before departing for Italy in 1776. The farm buildings in the middle ground resemble those found in both Italy and Wales.

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