'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch

'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch
'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch
'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Ascribed to Wilson
Title
'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch
Date
c.1765-70
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 27.6 x 41.5 cm
Imperial: 10 7/8 x 16 5/16 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
BB22
Wilson Online Reference
NWP113D
Description
A view from the mainland across the Venetian lagoon towards the Tower of Malghera and the city of Venice in the distance. On an island just offshore stands a small church among poplars and stone pines, into which a religious procession is passing. In the foreground are a prominent boat containing three figures, one holding a parasol, and further back a ferry bearing three people, cattle and a dog.
Exhibited
Brighton 1920 (37); Bangor 1925 (20); Exeter 1946 (67); Birmingham 1948-49 (22) London 1949 (21)
Provenance
P. Sandby; Benjamin Booth; thence by descent
Techniques and materials
The colour range and technique are totally at variance with those of Wilson
Collectors' marks
[1] Centre of upper horizontal stretcher bar, indecipherable red seal
Labels
[1] Upper centre right of frame printed and written in Kenneth Garlick's handwriting: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | R. Wilson | 22 [pencil encircled] | L'Anconetta
Subject
L'Anconetta is a small island near Marghera, in the vicinity of Mestre on the Venetian Lagoon, on which stood the convent church of Santa Maria dell'Anconetta - a dependency of the Patriarch of Venice.
Related Drawings
D19 A Sandalo, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
D193 Studio of Wilson, The Island of Anconetta, Venice, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Related Prints
E19 John Roberts after Wilson, L'Anconetta, an Island near Venice, 1767, The British Museum
Versions
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Related Paintings
P149 L'Anconetta near Venice, Private Collection, England
Related Works by Other Artists
Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), The Island of Anconetta, Venice, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (inv. no. 184)
Critical commentary
To outward appearances this seems to be a pastiche. However, in view of the Booth provenance it may have been repainted at an early date, as W.G. Constable believed - perhaps even by Paul Sandby, its first owner. Numerous versions and variations of the composition indicate its popularity in Wilson's lifetime and later.
Bibliography
Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (9 - L'Anconetta near Venice (a sketch)); WGC, pp. 192-93, pl. 66a, unnumbered variant; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 16, BB22
Condition/Conservation
Relined
Updated by Compiler
2021-09-24 00:00:00