In the Villa Adriana

In the Villa Adriana
In the Villa Adriana
In the Villa Adriana
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson
Title
In the Villa Adriana
Date
Published 29 January 1776
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 260 x 183 mm
Imperial: 10 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.
Accession Number
1982,U.607
Wilson Online Reference
E42A
Description
A house is shown on the left built on top of Roman brick arches, with two figures in the centre foreground. There are goats beneath the arch and a figure on the balcony above, with washing hanging and a stream to the right.
Exhibited
Tercentenary 2014 (154)
Provenance
Acquired by 1922
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with title, production detail: 'R. Wilson del', 'M. Rooker sc' and publication line: 'Published Jan: 29. 1776 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.'
Subject
The precise location has recently been identified by Jonathan Yarker as the West Belvedere in the park of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, with a farmhouse above built by Sebastiano Soliardi.
Related Drawings
D170 The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
D170A Hadrian's Villa, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Versions
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Related Paintings
P138 The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Tate, London
P138A The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, North America
P138B The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
P138C Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
P138E Studio of Wilson, The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Magdalen College, Oxford
NWP138F Ascribed to Wilson, The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, England
P138G The West Belvedere, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, USA
P138HThe West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Old Westbury Gardens, New York
Related Works by Other Artists
Thomas Girtin, In the Villa Adriana, watercolour,1794, The Britisih Museum (1878,1228.36.+)
Bibliography
Edwards 1808, p. 88; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 324
Condition/Conservation
Published state