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Eton College

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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This view is from the bank of the River Thames, looking across a sprawling meadow towards Eton College on the horizon. A shady glade gives way to a softly lit landscape, with folk enjoying the summer’s day – a family group are picnicking while other people fish and boat nearby. A finely painted tree frames and leads the eye towards the middle distance, as do the layers of landscape and river bathed in subtle variations of light and shadow.

There are a number of inaccuracies in the depiction of the chapel, college buildings and surrounding houses, which suggests the artist had little knowledge of the view and perhaps relied on a sketch made on the spot at an earlier date. Painted in around 1754, this is one of the last pictures Canaletto made during his nine-year stay in England; by 1755 he had returned home to Venice.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Eton College

Date

about 1754

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 61.6 x W 107.7 cm

Accession number

NG942

Acquisition method

Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876

Work type

Painting

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