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Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Courtesy of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford
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Ascribed to Wilson
Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Undated
Oil on canvas
44.5 x 54 cm
17 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.
P0807
P101A
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
Perhaps RA Old Masters 1884 (27)
Col. M.H. Grant; purchased by Lt. Col. R.H.R. Brocklebank June 1935; bequeathed to Magdalen College 1965
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.
D387/1 Lake Scene, Private Collection, England
E72/30 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi), The British Museum and other impressions
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Such an unbalanced composition is highly unusual for Wilson, giving rise to doubts about the painting's authenticity
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
21/01/2021