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Cetera, a Fishing Town on the Gulf of Salerno, Italy

John Robert Cozens, 1782–1783

The Whitworth, Manchester

Cozens was, according to Constable, the 'greatest genius that ever touched landscape'. His landscapes are muted in colour and soft in lighting, being predominantly blue-green or blue-grey in tonality. Cetera is undoubtedly among the artist's most powerful compositions, possessing all the sublime grandeur of a mountain scene. Both Girtin and Turner were strongly influenced in their early stages by Cozens' work of this quality.

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Title of artwork, date

Cetera, a Fishing Town on the Gulf of Salerno, Italy, 1782–1783

Date supported

1985

Medium and material

Watercolour

Dimensions

26 x 38 cm

Grant

4000

Total cost

28000

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