The West Belvedere, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli

The West Belvedere, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
The West Belvedere, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
The West Belvedere, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
Private Collection, England
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
The West Belvedere, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 48 x 38.6 cm
Imperial: 19 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Wilson Online Reference
P138G
Provenance
James Orrock, 48, Bedford Square London; Christie's 4 June 1904 (150 - Italian Figures and Ruins - a pair: 42 gns) ; Mallam's Oxford, 1994 (223); bt by present owner
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Techniques and materials
A beige ground is showing through in places beneath the background landscape
Verso inscriptions
[1] Central horizontal member of stretcher, black ink: Richard Wilson, Property of James Orrock, oil on canvas, 19" x 15 "
[2] Sale stencil: 730AS
[3] Sale stencil:
Related Drawings
D170 The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
D170A Hadrian's Villa, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Related Prints
E42 Michael 'Angelo' Rooker after Wilson In the Villa Adriana Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven and other impressions
E80 Celia Lucy Brightwell after Wilson Hadrian's Villa, The British Museum and other impressions
E83 James Carter after Wilson, Hadrian's Villa The British Museum and other impressions
Versions
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Condition/Conservation
In a nineteenth-century wood and gesso neo-classical frame. Relined and extended on all four sides by about 1 cm. The relining has exposed the weave but not so much as in the case of P137D The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, Private Collection, England.