Memorial to Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell
1725 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts an allegorical scene with classical ruins, fountains, and figures, created as a posthumous tribute. It is part of the collection at the National Gallery of Art.
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This painting belongs to a series of 'Tombeaux' or allegorical memorial paintings commissioned by the impresario Owen McSwiny to honor prominent British figures. The project uniquely combined the artistic talents of several Italian painters to create these elaborate, idealized tributes to British history. Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell, depicted here, was a famous British naval officer who famously died in a tragic shipwreck off the Isles of Scilly in 1707.
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Memorial to Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell
Sebastiano Ricci, 1725
