L. A. Ring (b. Ring 1854, d. Roskilde 1933)
“Henad aften ved Terracina. Udsigt over havet til bjergene mod syd. Kvinder og børn på vejen bære vand fra kilden”. Towards evening at Terracina. View of the ocean towards the mountains to the south. Women and children on the road carrying water from the fountain. Signed and dated L. A. Ring Terracina September 1894. Oil on canvas. 61×96 cm.
H. Chr. Christensen, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of L. A. Ring no. 305.
Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1895 no. 507 (supplement). Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, “Arbejder af L. A. Ring”, 1924 no. 99.
Literature: Peter Hertz, “L. A. Ring 1854–1933”, 1934 reproduced p. 281 and mentioned p. 282 (in Danish): “Shortly before leaving Siena Ring had begun plein air painting again in the two small sketches from the outskirts of the town, and this work in the open air Ring continues in a series of depictions from the beach at Terracina, of which the largest and most important is the evening painting from the road along the sea with the women and children carrying water, a typical Italian motif.”
Provenance: “Fortegnelse over malerier og keramiske arbejder af L. A. Ring, hvilke bortsælges ved Auktion”, 1896 no. 21, here listed with the title “Vandbærersker, Terracina” (Water carrying women, Terracina". Paul Hagemann (1910, 1924). Bruun Rasmussen auction 330, 1975 no. 353, reproduced p. 37.
Terracina is located in the Latina province south of Rome.
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Paintings & books, 19 September 2017