A Coast Scene

Artist William Dyce (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1806 - 1864)

Date1850-1864

Mediumwatercolour on paper

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsSight Size: Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 16.5 cm
Frame: Height: 40.3 cm, Width: 34.6 cm

AcquisitionAlexander Webster Bequest, 1921.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG003215

Keywords

About MeThe setting of this watercolour view of a shoreline and boats has never been identified but the dress of the figures in the foreground and the ridge of mountains in the distance, suggest a foreign location.

The work has been grouped with the landscape studies that Dyce made on his continental journey of 1832. He travelled first to Paris via Calais and thence to Avignon, Villeneuve, and Venice, where he was sketched working in the open air by fellow traveller, David Scott. His return route was through Swizerland and the Tyrol, presumably via the Simplon Pass, from northern Italy to Geneva. The topography of this watercolour sketch, with mountains to the left and distant spires of a town on the right, suggests a possible location on Lake Geneva.

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The clothing styles and background mountain range suggests a foreign scene and Dyce was known to have visited Lake Geneva