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| Keywords: John Constable - Wivenhoe Park, Essex - Google Art Project.jpg Google Art Project Q18589150 Creator John Constable cm 56 1 101 2 Gallery 57 Widener Collection Suffolk East Bergholt 1776 England London 1837 John male 717623 Constable British 1776 - 1837 /collection/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc/artwork/wivenhoe-park-essex-john-constable/713776/ 1147 John Constable artist /artist/john-constable/4126006/ 4126006 /collection/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc/ National Gallery of Art Washington DC 507112 http //www nga gov/ 1/25/2012 9 59 05 PM /collection/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc/artwork/wivenhoe-park-essex-john-constable/713776/ 1816 1816 British topographical United Kingdom oil on canvas Painted for Major General Francis Slater Rebow Wivenhoe Park and Alresford Hall near Colchester Essex; by descent through Mary Martin Slater Rebow and John Gurdon Rebow to Hector John Gurdon Rebow b 1846 1 Leo Nardus Suresnes France and New York ; acquired 1909 by Peter A B Widener Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park Pennsylvania;2 inheritance from Estate of Peter A B Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E Widener Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA 1 The names of Mary Martin Slater Rebow and John Gurdon Rebow are from The Getty Provenance Index and NGA curatorial files 2 The date of purchase approximated by William Roberts in <i>Pictures in the Collection of P A B Widener at Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park Pennsylvania British and Modern French Schools</i> privately printed Philadelphia 1915 unpaginated is given as 1906 in notes written by Edith Standen the Widener curator in NGA curatorial files However letters between P A B Widener and his lawyer John G Johnson and Nardus and his assistant Michel van Gelder indicate that the painting along with NGA 1942 9 58 and NGA 1942 9 64 two small heads by a follower of Rembrandt were part of a restitution swap made in 1909 to settle Widener's claims against Nardus for selling him Widener paintings that were not what they were purported to be This information about Nardus' activities is found in the John G Johnson Collection Archives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art specifically Box 5 Folder 5 Nardus Van Gelder Correspondence 1896 1902 1910 n d and Folder 6 Nardus Van Gelder Correspondence re fakes Incl third party and letters from Johnson The correspondence was found and transcribed by Jonathan Lopez who kindly shared it with the NGA letter of 24 April 2006 to Arthur K Wheelock Jr in NGA curatorial files Painted for Major-General Francis Slater-Rebow Wivenhoe Park and Alresford Hall near Colchester Essex; by descent through Mary Martin Slater-Rebow and John Gurdon-Rebow to Hector John Gurdon-Rebow b 1846 1 Leo Nardus Suresnes France and New York ; acquired 1909 by Peter A B Widener Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park Pennsylvania;2 inheritance from Estate of Peter A B Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E Widener Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA 1 The names of Mary Martin Slater-Rebow and John Gurdon-Rebow are from The Getty Provenance Index and NGA curatorial files 2 The date of purchase approximated by William Roberts in _Pictures in the Collection of P A B Widener at Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park Pennsylvania British and Modern French Schools_ privately printed Philadelphia 1915 unpaginated is given as 1906 in notes written by Edith Standen the Widener curator in NGA curatorial files However letters between P A B Widener and his lawyer John G Johnson and Nardus and his assistant Michel van Gelder indicate that the painting along with NGA 1942 9 58 and NGA 1942 9 64 two small heads by a follower of Rembrandt were part of a restitution swap made in 1909 to settle Widener's claims against Nardus for selling him Widener paintings that were not what they were purported to be This information about Nardus' activities is found in the John G Johnson Collection Archives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art specifically Box 5 Folder 5 Nardus Van Gelder Correspondence 1896 1902-1910 n d and Folder 6 Nardus Van Gelder Correspondence re fakes Incl third party and letters from Johnson The correspondence was found and transcribed by Jonathan Lopez who kindly shared it with the NGA letter of 24 April 2006 to Arthur K Wheelock Jr in NGA curatorial files 561 713776 False 1816 1816 overall 3/24/2012 8 52 00 AM 1942 9 10 http //www nga gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f object 1147 National Gallery of Art Washington DC Widener Collection Painting 1810 1820 w1012 x h561 cm 1816 False 1 84837545126354 Object wivenhoe-park-essex-john-constable Wivenhoe Park Essex w 1012 oil on canvas Painted for Major General Francis Slater Rebow Wivenhoe Park and Alresford Hall near Colchester Essex; by descent through Mary Martin Slater Rebow and John Gurdon Rebow to Hector John Gurdon Rebow b 1846 <ref>The names of Mary Martin Slater Rebow and John Gurdon Rebow are from The Getty Provenance Index and NGA curatorial files </ref> Leo Nardus Suresnes France and New York ; acquired 1909 by Peter A B Widener Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park Pennsylvania;<ref>The date of purchase approximated by William Roberts in Pictures in the Collection of P A B Widener at Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park Pennsylvania British and Modern French Schools privately printed Philadelphia 1915 unpaginated is given as 1906 in notes written by Edith Standen the Widener curator in NGA curatorial files </ref> inheritance from Estate of Peter A B Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E Widener Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA reflist British topographical United Kingdom special url_id vAG0ovJU1U65Rw Assessments 1 File John Constable - Wivenhoe Park Essex - Google Art Project jpg PD-old-100-1923 1837 Landscape Paintings by John Constable British paintings in the National Gallery of Art Essex in art Wivenhoe 1810s landscape paintings 1816 paintings Clouds in art Paintings of cattle Swans in painting Gardens in art Agriculture in art Swimming swans in art Google Art Project works by John Constable Widener Collection | ||||
