The Valley of the Dee with Chester in the Distance
Artist: Richard Wilson (British, 1713/1714 - 1782)
Original Dimensions: 58 1/4" x 76 1/8"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (About 1761) "Like its pair Holt Bridge on the River Dee, which is also in the National Gallery, this is a view of the valley where England and Wales meet. It is probably the ‘View near Chester’ that Wilson exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1761. It was most likely painted downstream from the village of Holt in Denbighshire in North Wales, from a viewpoint five miles to the east of Gresford. The towers of Chester Cathedral and St John’s Church are just visible in the background. The hills in the distance may be in Lancashire, beyond the River Mersey. Wales is on the left of the river and England is on the right. The style of the landscape is inspired by the work of the seventeenth-century French neoclassical painter, Claude, who depicted views of the countryside outside Rome. His paintings were very fashionable in Britain when Wilson painted this landscape." - (National Gallery of Art, London)
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