Dalya Alberge of The Times today reported that Constable’s iconic ‘View on the Stour near Dedham’ has been X-Rayed in preparation for the Tate’s upcoming summer exhibition ‘Constable: The Great Landscapes’. Importantly, the X-Ray revealed that the artist originally included two boys fishing as well as a young girl by the water’s edge. The figures were later painted out and replaced by a pair of boys sitting by the water.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
News - Revealing Constable X-Ray - London
Dalya Alberge of The Times today reported that Constable’s iconic ‘View on the Stour near Dedham’ has been X-Rayed in preparation for the Tate’s upcoming summer exhibition ‘Constable: The Great Landscapes’. Importantly, the X-Ray revealed that the artist originally included two boys fishing as well as a young girl by the water’s edge. The figures were later painted out and replaced by a pair of boys sitting by the water.
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