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Near Penshurst, Kent

Patrick Nasmyth British, Scottish
1828
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 808
This scene of rural life in southern England, created in 1828, attests to Nasmyth’s admiration for seventeenth-century Dutch landscape painting. The minutely detailed depiction of the terrain creates the impression of a naturalistic view of the countryside, but the composition is carefully composed, with an eye toward pleasing contrasts. The sunny woodland is dominated by the tall, dark tree at the left, which creates a counterpoint to the cloud banks in the sky at the right. Nasmyth painted several versions of the subject, which proved quite popular.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Near Penshurst, Kent
  • Artist: Patrick Nasmyth (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1787–1831 London)
  • Date: 1828
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 27 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. (69.9 x 92.1 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914
  • Object Number: 15.30.56
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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