View at Ariccia, near Albano

View at Ariccia, near Albano
View at Ariccia, near Albano
View at Ariccia, near Albano
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
View at Ariccia, near Albano
Date
c.1753 (undated)
Medium
Black and white chalk on faded blue paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 252 x 327 mm
Imperial: 9 15/16 x 12 7/8 in.
Accession Number
PD.19-1953
Wilson Online Reference
D224
Description
The Chigi Palace may perhaps be discerned in the background behind the trees. To the right is a watchtower and before it a shepherd and his flock.
Provenance
Paul Sandby; William Esdaile; Sir Edward Marsh; bequeathed through the National Art Collections Fund, 1953
Signature/inscription
Unsigned, no inscription
Collectors' marks
[1] Lower left corner.: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112 )
[2] Lower right corner: William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
Subject
Located between the lakes of Nemi and Albano on the Via Appia Nuova, southeast of Rome, Ariccia was celebrated for its groves, thought to have been the hunting-grounds of the goddess Diana. The area had been a haunt of Wilson's admired Roman predecessor, Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675).
Related Drawings
D261 Ariccia, Tate, London
D282 A Church at Ariccia, Private Collection, England
D326 Ariccia near Rome, The British Museum (1881,0212.24)
D335 La Riccia (Ariccia), The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California