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Artists›John Linnell

John Linnell

British, 1792–1882

WA-00017008

PaintingRenaissance

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

103

Works in Collection

123

Assets Indexed

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ250732

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Artsy· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
LocationWikidata· 80%

Source Registry (2)

Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/john-linnell
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Renaissance

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (103)

Walking Through the Fields

1868 · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on green-gray wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper

18.9 × 26.7 cm (7 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Reapers, Noonday Rest

1865 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 940 x 1397 mm frame: 1180 x 1643 x 128 mm

Tate

Contemplation

1864 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 718 x 997 mm frame: 1050 x 1335 x 130 mm

Tate

The Harvest Field

1860 · black chalk heightened with white on brown wove paper

overall: 18.3 x 30.9 cm (7 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Harvest Moon

1858 · Oil paint on wood

support: 378 x 460 mm frame: 580 x 660 x 70 mm

Tate

The Sandpits

1856 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 914 x 1219 mm

Tate

Harvest Home, Sunset: The Last Load

1853 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 883 x 1473 mm frame: 1305 x 1872 x 165 mm

Tate

Travelers Resting by a Fallen Tree

1852 · watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

Overall: 17 x 27 cm (6 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.) mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Noah: The Eve of the Deluge

1848 · oil on canvas

Framed: 168.5 x 242.5 x 9.5 cm (66 5/16 x 95 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 146 x 221 cm (57 1/2 x 87 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape(‘The Windmill’)

1844 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 381 x 457 mm frame: 770 x 783 x 61 mm

Tate

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1843 · Wood engraving on paper

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1843 · Wood engraving on paper

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1843 · Wood engraving on paper

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1843 · Wood engraving on paper

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1843 · Wood engraving on paper

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Artwork sources (6)

103 published of 103 catalogued · 99 with image

Tate
72 published72 img
Nga
15 published15 img
Rijksmuseum
6 published6 img
The Met
4 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Ankerboei
1802 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Romp van een schip met een zwaard, een boei en onderdelen van een anker
1802 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Twee schepen en een anker
1802 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Noah: The Eve of the Deluge
1848 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Portrait of Anne Law (née Towry), 1st Lady Ellenborough
1816 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Houten keet en een hek
1806 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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1843 · Tate · 1 prov
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1843 · Tate · 1 prov
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1843 · Tate · 1 prov
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Samuel Rogers
1833 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

20 assets

Artsy

Romp van een schip met een zwaard, een boei en onderdelen van een anker (1802 - 1882)

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

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Relationships

Movements1

Renaissance

Collections7

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

New York · 1981