Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard
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| Artist | Philip James de Loutherbourg |
| Year | 1790 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 86.4 cm × 68.6 cm (34.0 in × 27.0 in) |
| Location | Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut |
Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard is a 1790 oil painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.[1] It combines elements of Gothic and the emerging romantic art trend. It is also known as A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard.[2]
Inspired by the work Night-Thoughts by the English poet Edward Young, it depicts a young man in the ruins of Tintern Abbey in the middle of the night. The ivy-covered ruins shown by Loutherbourg are a capriccio, Today the painting is in the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut as part of the Paul Mellon Collection.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Spira p.334
- ^ Myrone, Frayling & Warner p.108
- ^ https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:165
Bibliography
[edit]- Edney, Sue (ed.) EcoGothic gardens in the long nineteenth century: Phantoms, fantasy and uncanny flowers. Manchester University Press, 2020.
- Myrone, Martin, Frayling, Christopher & Warner, Marina. Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination. Harry N. Abrams, 2006.
- Preston, Lillian Elvira. Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg: Eighteenth Century Romantic Artist and Scene Designer. University of Florida, 1977.
- Spira, Andrew. The Invention of the Self: Personal Identity in the Age of Art. Manchester University Press, 2020
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