On the Seine near Mantes

On the Seine near Mantes
Artist	Richard Parkes Bonington
Year	1825
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape
Dimensions	51 cm × 65 cm (20 in × 26 in)
Location	Wallace Collection, London

On the Seine near Mantes is an 1825 landscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington.[1][2][3] Bonington settled in France and painted a number of views of France and Italy. His romantic landscapes enjoyed critical success before his death from consumption at the age of twenty five.

This painting depicts a view of the River Seine near Mantes-la-Jolie around thirty miles from the capital Paris. In the distance can be seen Notre Dame de Mantes and the fourteenth century tower of the Saint-Maclou Church. Today the work is in the Wallace Collection in London, having veen acquired by the Marquess of Hertford in 1860.[4]

References

1. Cormack p 50
2. Pointon p.151
3. Duffy p. 40
4. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/on-the-seine-near-mantes-209354

Bibliography

• Cormack, Malcolm. Bonnington. Phaidon Press, 1989.
• Duffy, Stephen. Richard Parkes Bonington. Wallace Collection, 2009.
• Pointon, Marcia R. Bonington, Francia & Wyld. Bradford, 1985