The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae

The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae
The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae
The Lake of Nemi  or Speculum Dianae
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Joseph Wood after Wilson
Title
The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae
Date
Published 1764
Medium
Engraving on laid paper inlaid onto modern cream paper
Dimensions
Metric: 516 x 450 mm
Imperial: 20 5/16 x 17 11/16 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 11002
Wilson Online Reference
E13B
Description
Landscape with Diana expelling Callisto, having learned that she is pregnant, on the bank of a lake in the foreground, where two other nymphs comfort her. Trees frame the scene and there is a town on the distant mountainside under an extensive sky.
Provenance
Given by Major F. Treharne James, 1918
Signature/inscription
Lettered below image with title, 'In the collection of Hen. Hoare Esqr.' and publication line: 'Painted by R. Wilson', 'Engrav'd by J. Wood' and publication line: 'Published by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, London 1764'.
Inscribed lower right in modern pencil: F/V/
Related Prints
E82 Louis Marvy after Wilson, Lake Nemi or Speculum Dianæ, The British Museum (in reverse)
Related Paintings
P127A The Lake of Nemi, with Diana and Callisto, Trustees of Jane, Lucy and Charles Hoare, The National Trust, Strourhead
Critical commentary
This print was based on P127A The Lake of Nemi, with Diana and Callisto, Trustees of Jane, Lucy and Charles Hoare, on loan to the National Trust, Stourhead. As stated in the inscription the painting belonged to Wilson's patron, Henry Hoare. Originally announced in a newspaper advertisement in October 1758, the print was finally published by John Boydell in 1764 as a pendant to Wood's engraving The Gipsies after Gainsborough. It was the first print after a landscape by Wilson.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
18.14
1918.2
Bibliography
Public Advertiser, 14 October 1758; Edwards 1808, p. 88; WGC, p. 165; Clayton 1997, pp. 182 & 188; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 279
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Condition/Conservation
Trimmed to near platemark. Needs surface clean.
Updated by Compiler
2020-01-08 00:00:00