The Hay Wain
John Constable · 1821
The story
The Hay Wain – originally titled Landscape: Noon – is a painting by John Constable, completed in 1821, which depicts a rural scene on the River Stour between the English counties of Suffolk and Essex. It hangs in the National Gallery in London and is regarded as "Constable's most famous image" and one of the greatest and most popular English paintings. It is considered as one of the quintessential paintings from the Romantic movement of arts and literature.
- Artist
- John Constable
- Date
- 1821
- Collection
- National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 130.2 × 185.4 cm
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