The Interior of Sant – (Richard Parkes Bonington) Previous Next


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Date: 1826

Size: 34 x 42 cm

Museum: Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, United States)

Technique: Oil On Board

The English painter Bonington traveled to Italy for the first time in the spring of 1826. This is one of the first paintings he produced while there, on or about April 11. His traveling companion wrote that “We are in Milan, where at last we have unpacked and put to use our color boxes. We have painted the interior of the cathedral, nocturnal effect, and I think that if Bonington can produce the paintings he has sketched his reputation will be made.” Like the view of The Grand Canal, Venice also in the Kimbell

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