Ariccia near Rome

Ariccia near Rome
Ariccia near Rome
Ariccia near Rome
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Ariccia near Rome
Date
c.1760 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, touched with brown and white chalk on blue-grey prepared paper
Dimensions
Metric: 248 x 374 mm
Imperial: 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.
Accession Number
1881,0212.24
Wilson Online Reference
D326
Description
A low cliff is shown centre right, with an arched hollow below and brushwood above. On the grass beneath, a man is seated and in the foreground towards the left, a road winds away past a stone monument, trees and a half-visible building.
Provenance
Donated by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Verso inscriptions
Verso invisible - laid down
Subject
Located between the lakes of Nemi and Albano on the Via Appia Nuova, southeast of Rome, Ariccia was celebrated for its groves, thought to have been the hunting-grounds of the goddess Diana. In the 17th century the area had been a haunt of Gaspard Dughet, whom Wilson greatly admired.
Related Drawings
D282 A Church at Ariccia, Private Collection, England and other versions
Related Prints
E72/11 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, View of Lareci near Rome, The British Museum (1854,0708.68) and other impressions
Related Paintings
P46 Ariccia I, Tate, London
P46A Ariccia - I, Private Collection, England
P46B Ariccia - I (La Riccia, near Albano, Italy), Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Bibliography
Binyon 3; WGC p. 193, pl. 67a
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Condition/Conservation
Stain in upper left corner and staining right