Lovers' walk, Mount Macedon

Lovers' walk, Mount Macedon
 (1890)

Gallery location
Gallery 6
Level 2, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
115.0 × 61.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in red paint l.r.: U Catani (Catani underlined)
inscribed in pen and ink on paper label on reverse u.l.: Signor Catani / Lover's Walk. / M(...illeg.)t Macedon 60 Guineas
Accession Number
1995.655
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Accessioned, 1995
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Gallery 6
Level 2, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Landscapes Nature
Subjects (specific)
forests (plant communities) lovers Melbourne (inhabited place) Mount Macedon (inhabited place) Victoria (state) walking walkways wooded landscapes
Frame
Original, by John Thallon, Melbourne

Frame

Entries in the Thallon ledger make reference to the tonality of the surfaces, annotating small profile drawings with ‘dark’ or ‘light’. Connecting these annotations to the appearance of frames is not straightforward. Few frames can confidently be read as having intact original surfaces, and the changes in colour and tonality that are an inevitable consequence of the ageing of surface finishes serve only to add complexity. The tonality of this frame reflects a taste for sombre finishes seen in other frames around this date. Frames with patination as dark as this are not common. The basic form of the frame is similar to Thallon’s ‘Rolando’ frame, which is in itself an elaboration of a classical revival form.

Note

1 Hilary Maddocks, ‘Picture Framemakers in Melbourne c. 1860–1930’ in Vol. 1, Frames, Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art, University of Melbourne Conservation Service, 1999.

Frame Details

Framemaker
John Thallon
Melbourne
Date
18901
Materials

The frame uses composition ornaments on a wooden chassis. The outer border is laurel with acanthus on the inner scotia. The torus is banded at the centres and corners. There is patinated matte gilding on most surfaces.

Frame Condition

The frame is very dark in tone with an oily quality to the surface. Small repairs have been made to the composition elements. The slip has been re-gilded.

Dimensions
146.5 x 93.0 x 12.0 cm; sight 112.5 x 59.0 cm

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