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Crypt in Church St Gervais Rouen
Presented by Sir Jeremiah Colman Bt through the Art Fund 1918
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Rouen, St Gervais Church
<p>Cotman travelled to Normandy in 1817 and 1818 at the suggestion of Dawson Turner, one of his most important patrons. While touring the region he made many watercolour studies, including this drawing. It was made to illustrate Dawson Turner’s book, Architectural Antiquities of Normandy, published in 1822. Cotman enhances the crypt’s stark interior and isolation through dramatic lighting and the small figure by the stairs. The drawing corresponds with Turner’s description of the crypt’s ‘extreme simplicity and remote antiquity’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2019</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
10 October 2012 – 13 January 2013
2013-01-13
10 October 2012 – 13 January 2013
2013-01-13
2012-10-10
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2012-10-10
Cotman in Normandy
Loan-out
29 July 2019 – 3 November 2019
2019-11-03
29 July 2019 – 3 November 2019
2019-11-03
2019-07-29
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-07-29
1819 Spotlight
Collection based display
Crypt in the Church of St Gervais, Rouen
support: 184 × 276 mm
Presented by Sir Jeremiah Colman Bt through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1918
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<p>Cotman travelled to Normandy in 1817 and 1818 at the suggestion of Dawson Turner, one of his most important patrons. While touring the region he made many watercolour studies, including this drawing. It was made to illustrate Dawson Turner’s book, Architectural Antiquities of Normandy, published in 1822. Cotman enhances the crypt’s stark interior and isolation through dramatic lighting and the small figure by the stairs. The drawing corresponds with Turner’s description of the crypt’s ‘extreme simplicity and remote antiquity’.</p>
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