Stoke-by-Nayland
In 1810, at the request of his aunt, Martha Smith, Constable painted an altarpiece for the church at Nayland, a village in Suffolk to the west of his native East Bergholt. When visiting his aunt, he would have passed by or through Stoke-by-Nayland. He made three drawings of the village and the church of St. Mary’s in a sketchbook dating to 1810–11. This is the earliest of three oil sketches of the subject. (The others are at Tate Britain and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.)
Artwork Details
- Title: Stoke-by-Nayland
- Artist: John Constable (British, East Bergholt 1776–1837 Hampstead)
- Date: ca. 1810–11
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (28.3 x 36.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Charles B. Curtis Fund, 1926
- Object Number: 26.128
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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