Italian Landscape with Lake

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

Ramsay Richard Reinagle was born in London; the son of painter Philip Reinagle. He trained under his father and studied Old Masters and landscape painting in Holland and Italy (1793-98), returning with sketches of Rome, Naples and Florence. In 1801 he married Oriana Bullfinch, governess to his sisters. They had four children, including artist George Philip. He produced 360 degree panoramas for inventor Robert Barker. Reinagle was President of the Society of Painters in Watercolours (1808-12) and a full member of the Royal Academy from 1823. However, in 1835 he was declared bankrupt. Late in his career he sent a marine painting by another artist to the Academy exhibition and was forced to resign his membership. He died in Chelsea aged 87.

Places

Italy

Subjects

topography, landscape C18th, genre, tree, dog, donkey, lake, stone/rock, Italian, man, woman, staff, path, church, tower, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Ramsay Richard Reinagle (1775 - 1862)

Title

Italian Landscape with Lake

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 62.50 cm, width: 90.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Wilton Gallery, February 1955

Inscription

sdbl

Provenance

With the Wilton Gallery; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in February 1955

GAC number

3156