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LANDSCAPE paintings

Jan Griffier about 1645-1718

View of Hampton Court Palace about 1710

Oil on copper
Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1961
T00408

This is a view of royal estates: Hampton Court Palace and perhaps Windsor Castle, which has been identified in the fantasy castle to the right. The landscape seems to have been manipulated to juxtapose two great palaces of the reigning Queen, Anne.

The landscape, while very detailed, has imposed upon it a grid-like series of building and gardens stretching away as far as the eye can see. What does this painting suggest about royal power and the landscape?

View of Hampton Court Palace