Scene in Front of the Cathedral, Perugia
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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- Subjects
- statue (as Subject), sculpture (as Subject), topography, WW2 art, genre, townscape/cityscape, man, woman, military uniform, soldier, World War II, piazza, monument, cathedral, column, pillar (architectural feature), steps, plinth (represented)
- Materials & Techniques
- canvas, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Artist
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Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
- Title
- Scene in Front of the Cathedral, Perugia
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height: 35.50 cm, width: 41.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Presented via the Imperial War Museum, War Artists' Advisory Committee, April 1946
- Inscription
- verso: Inscribed on OHMS label on reverse of canvas board, top centre, blue ink, in ?artist's handwriting: "6 [circled] Sch [crossed out] Scene in front / of School [crossed out] Cathedral / Peruggia [sic] / Carel Weight". This label is stuck over a large black and white painted inscription "F 2/K" to the right of which in black paint on white wash rectangle is inscribed "Capt / C. Weight [?] / P3458(7) [?]
- Provenance
- Gift from Imperial War Museum, War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946
- GAC number
- 529