Alfred De Breanski RBA, Aberglaslyn, North Wales

Alfred De Breanski RBA, Aberglaslyn, North WalesThis glorious late 19th century Welsh landscape painting by English artist Alfred de Breanski RBA (1852 1928) depicts the rugged beauty of Aberglaslyn in North Wales at the close of day, when the last warmth of sunlight catches the mountains and turns the river below into a shimmering ribbon of reflected gold. The work is a particularly fine example. The intelligent composition draws the eye into the valley through the rushing river, which threads its

This is a splendid example of his work

To achieve this striking effect

Produced in 1762

respect and quiet dedication

Traies sent a few examples to the Royal Academy in London and debuted in 1817

while her mother bends gently toward her

She's painted with a controlled sense of spirit yet the overall atmosphere is calm

Our reference: BRV1784

Held in a beautiful gilt frame

drifting across the twisting river towards a misty silhouette of Chepstow Castle

the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Belgium

or Santa Claus