Old Hall, East Bergholt is an 1801 landscape painting by the British artist John Constable.Boime p.175 Produced early in the artist's career it shows Old Hall, a country house in East Bergholt in Suffolk.Taylor p.65-66 Constable, a recent student at the Royal Academy Schools, was commissioned to produce the work by the property's owner John Reade. It was his first significant commission.Reynolds p.179 East Bergholt was the birthplace of Constable. It appeared frequently in his paintings and is part of what is now known as Constable Country.
See also List of paintings by John Constable
References
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