Rediscovered Constable Sketch up in Dallas

March 16 2026

Picture: Heritage Auctions

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

News from Texas that a study by John Constable has resurfaced whilst being deaccessioned by the Jefferson Historical Society and Museum. The society had been gifted the work in the 1960s and had long thought the painting to be a copy of the artist's The Cornfield which is in The National Gallery in London. The painting has been authenticated by Anne Lyles and Sarah Cove and will be sold by Heritage Auctions in Dallas 5th June 2026 (no estimate has been provided, as of yet).

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