John ConstableReino Unido, 1776–1837Maria Bicknell, Mrs John Constable
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About the painting
Portrait of Maria Constable is a c.1816 portrait painting by the British artist John Constable depicting his wife Maria Constable at the age of around 28. It was painted around three months before the couple married, as a love token between them. It is also known as Portrait of Maria Bicknell in reference to her maiden name.
After a lengthy courtship due to her family's objections, the couple finally were married in 1816 and lived together in London, Hampstead and Brighton, a period coinciding with Constable's breakthrough success at the Salon of 1824 in Paris. She died of consumption in 1828.
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Although best known for his landscape paintings, Constable began his career as a portraitist and continued to occasionally produce pictures of family or close acquaintances. This painting was not exhibited in John Constable's lifetime and passed to the couple's children. It was later acquired by the art collector George Salting. In 1910 he left the work to the nation as part of the Salting Bequest and it is now part of the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico.
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- Imagen: National Gallery — John Constable · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Mientras tanto, en la vida de John Constable
La vida entera1816
A marriage against the bride’s grandfather
Maria’s grandfather, Dr Rhudde, rector of East Bergholt, opposed the match: he thought the Constables his social inferiors and threatened to disinherit her. Constable’s parents approved but offered no support until he was financially secure; they died soon afterwards, and he inherited a fifth share of the family business.
October 1816
A honeymoon by the sea
After the wedding at St Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Fisher, the couple stayed at Fisher’s vicarage and toured the south coast. The sea at Weymouth and Brighton pushed Constable towards brilliant colour and lively brushwork.
2 de octubre de 1816
Married: Maria Bicknell
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