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Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
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Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
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Courtesy of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford
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Ascribed to Wilson
Title
Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Date
Undated
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
44.5 x 54 cm
Dimensions
17 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.
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Collection
Magdalen College, Oxford. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
P0807
Wilson Online Reference
P101A
Description
A view of the head of Lake Nemi, with the town of Nemi beyond on the right, mountains in the distance and three figures seen from behind on a hilltop in the foreground
A view of the head of Lake Nemi, with the town of Nemi beyond on the right, mountains in the distance and three figures seen from behind on a hilltop in the foreground
Exhibited
Perhaps RA Old Masters 1884 (27)
Perhaps RA Old Masters 1884 (27)
Provenance
Col. M.H. Grant; purchased by Lt. Col. R.H.R. Brocklebank June 1935; bequeathed to Magdalen College 1965
Col. M.H. Grant; purchased by Lt. Col. R.H.R. Brocklebank June 1935; bequeathed to Magdalen College 1965
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Lake Nemi, also called <i>Speculum Dianae</i>, Diana's Mirror, is a small circular volcanic lake 19 miles (30 km) south of Rome, it takes its name from Nemi, the largest town in the area, that overlooks it from a height.
Lake Nemi, also called
Speculum Dianae
, Diana's Mirror, is a small circular volcanic lake 19 miles (30 km) south of Rome, it takes its name from Nemi, the largest town in the area, that overlooks it from a height.
Related Subjects
Related Drawings
D387/1 <i>Lake Scene</i>, Private Collection, England
D387/1
Lake Scene
, Private Collection, England
Related Prints
E72/30 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi)</i>, The British Museum and other impressions
E72/30 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi)
, The British Museum and other impressions
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Critical commentary
Such an unbalanced composition is highly unusual for Wilson, giving rise to doubts about the painting's authenticity
Such an unbalanced composition is highly unusual for Wilson, giving rise to doubts about the painting's authenticity
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Bibliography
WGC, p. 207, pl. 92a (version 2); H. Brocklebank, <span class="italic">A Turn or two I'll walk to still my beating Mind: Commentary on a Private Collection</span>, London 1955, pp. 55-58
WGC, p. 207, pl. 92a (version 2); H. Brocklebank,
A Turn or two I'll walk to still my beating Mind: Commentary on a Private Collection
, London 1955, pp. 55-58
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
<a href="http://calmview.co.uk/paulmelloncentre/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=WGC%2f1%2f1%2f100 " title="WGC/1/1/100" class="rewritten">WGC/1/1/100</a>
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Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
21/01/2021
21/01/2021
Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Lake Scene
, Private Collection, England
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi)
, The British Museum
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
View of Lake Nemi
, The British Museum
Versions
Imitator of Wilson,
The Head of Lake Nemi
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
The Head of Lake Nemi (The Nemi Lake near Rome)
, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Exhibitions
Biographies
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hugh Royds Brocklebank, 1881-1965
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
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