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Description: | Originally from Antwerp, Hendrik Frans de Cort travelled around Britain painting topographical landscapes such as this one of Launceston Castle in Cornwall. The castle, having survived since the 1060s through various modifications and incursions, is shown as it was in the late eighteenth century. By that time it had outlived its functional purpose and the picturesque ruins and rustic setting formed a fashionably pastoral subject for the artist. He has clearly defined the location, however. The main towers and buildings of Launceston, for example, all protrude from behind, even where they would not normally have been visible from this viewpoint. | Subjects: | landscape; buildings and gardens; place (Launceston Castle) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cort, Hendrik Frans de (Flemish painter, 1742-1810) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8725... | Go to resource |
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