The Stonemason's Yard [SEP] collection
with the well-head at its centre. The domestic building to the right remains standing.
The early ownership of "The Stonemason's Yard" is not known. It was in the collection of Sir George Beaumont by 1808, and was one of the paintings Beaumont donated to the British Museum in 1823, to form the nucleus of the National Gallery's nascent collection. It passed to the National Gallery in 1828, where it continues to be exhibited. It was extensively cleaned by John Seguier in 1852 - so extensively
1727 in art
Events from the year 1727 in art.
Events.
- Pierre Subleyras, a Provençal painter, wins the Prix de Rome at the age of 28.
Paintings.
- Canaletto
- "The Stonemason's Yard" ("Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità", Venice) (approximate date)
- "Venice: S. Geremia and the Entrance to the Cannaregio" (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
- Balthasar Denner – Portrait of George Frideric Handel