Page 62 - cn - fg -fragments and traces - studio curated 22-04-2024
P. 62

The late afternoon light merges the details of the Water Terrace. Shafts of sunlight
                                     highlight the statuary, these being; the ‘Winged Victory’, Sphinxes, the Townley Venus

                                     and the Caryatids.
                                                                                    th
                                     The limpidity of the water, which the 9  Duke was emphatic to see, combined with the
                                     corresponding reflections, give rise (in his words) to ‘a certain air’.



















                                                                                                                          FG 136911
                                                                                                                  Recollection– The Lower Water Terrace,
         THE Spirit of   BLENHEIM
                                                                                                                      Oil on canvas 42 1/8 x 54 1/8  inches
           The interpretation of classical antiquity.
   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67