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Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 20(v) and 21(r)
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Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 20(v) and 21(r)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 20(v) and 21(r)
Date
1754
Medium
Graphite with black and white chalk on medium, rough, blued white wove paper
Dimensions
281 x 210 mm (each sheet)
Dimensions
11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (each sheet)
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Collection
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
Accession Number
B1977.14.359 v20 & r21
Wilson Online Reference
D280/20
Description
20(v) is an outline view of a bridge in a wooded river valley with a tower in the distance 21(r) depicts a strigated sarcophagus at an oblique angle surmounted by the feet of a colossal female figure
20(v) is an outline view of a bridge in a wooded river valley with a tower in the distance
21(r) depicts a strigated sarcophagus at an oblique angle surmounted by the feet of a colossal female figure
Exhibited
New Haven 1981 (90 & 90a)
New Haven 1981 (90 & 90a)
Provenance
Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
Signature/inscription
21(r) inscribed upper left in black chalk: Medici
21(r) inscribed upper left in black chalk: Medici
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20(v) The landscape is unidentified 21(r) This late 3rd century sarcophagus of a baker and his wife was drawn by Wilson in the garden of the Villa Medici but its provenance is obscure. The colossal female figure above represents the Goddess Roma. It was originally purchased by Cardinal d'Este for his garden in the Quirinal and was later given by Pope Gregory XIII to Cardinal Medici whose collection was housed at the Villa Medici, now the Académie Nationale de France, where it remains.
20(v) The landscape is unidentified
21(r) This late 3rd century sarcophagus of a baker and his wife was drawn by Wilson in the garden of the Villa Medici but its provenance is obscure. The colossal female figure above represents the Goddess Roma. It was originally purchased by Cardinal d'Este for his garden in the Quirinal and was later given by Pope Gregory XIII to Cardinal Medici whose collection was housed at the Villa Medici, now the Académie Nationale de France, where it remains.
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Related Prints
E72/4 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>Villa Emelia</i>, 1820, The British Museum E72/4A Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>Villa Emelia</i>, 1820, The British Museum
E72/4 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Emelia
, 1820, The British Museum
E72/4A Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Emelia
, 1820, The British Museum
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Related Paintings
P117 <i>Villa Emiliana near Rome</i>, Private Collection, England P117A <i>Villa Emiliana near Rome</i>, Private Collection, Scotland
P117
Villa Emiliana near Rome
, Private Collection, England
P117A
Villa Emiliana near Rome
, Private Collection, Scotland
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Critical commentary
Clements noted that the slightly damaged striated marble sarcophagus has a roundel (<i>clipeus</i>) at its centre bearing the bust of a baker and his wife and beneath, two men - one pouring the contents of a barrel into a sack. At each side is a large figure - one male, one female. A similar sarcophagus appears in P117 <i>Villa Emiliana near Rome</i>, Private Collection, England, and other paintings by Wilson.
Clements noted that the slightly damaged striated marble sarcophagus has a roundel (
clipeus
) at its centre bearing the bust of a baker and his wife and beneath, two men - one pouring the contents of a barrel into a sack. At each side is a large figure - one male, one female. A similar sarcophagus appears in P117
Villa Emiliana near Rome
, Private Collection, England, and other paintings by Wilson.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 6363
Object ID: 6363
Bibliography
Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 1, pp. 19-20; vol. 2, pp. 39-40
Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 1, pp. 19-20; vol. 2, pp. 39-40
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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More Information
Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81 <i>Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII</i>, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).
Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81
Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII
, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).
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Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
15/07/2016
15/07/2016
Work of Art
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Emelia
, The British Museum
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Emelia
, The British Museum
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Villa Emiliana near Rome
, Private Collection, England
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Villa Emiliana near Rome
, Private Collection, Scotland
Exhibitions
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, 29 July - 20 September 1981
Biographies
Paul Mellon, 1907-1999
Oldfield Bowles, 1739-1810
Sir George Beaumont, 1753-1827
Documents
Denys Sutton & Ann Clements,
An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
This drawing is part of the "Italian Sketchbook Drawings Yale Center for British Art 1754" sketchbook
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