Torre del Fiscale, near Rome

Torre del Fiscale, near Rome
Torre del Fiscale, near Rome
Torre del Fiscale, near Rome
Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Torre del Fiscale, near Rome
Date
Late 1770s (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas laid down on mahogany board
Dimensions
Metric: 31 x 24.4 cm
Imperial: 12 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.
Accession Number
00304
Wilson Online Reference
P187
Exhibited
Cheltenham Art Gallery, 5-17 July 1965, Fine Paintings from Gloucestershire Houses and other Sources (54); Gloucester 2014 (unnumbered)
Provenance
Captain E.N.F. Loyd; Christie's 30 April 1937 (139 An Archway), bt Martin; Col. M.H. Grant; with Spink; Stanley Marling; bequeathed to Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, 1963
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Labels
[1] Verso upper centre exhibition print and typescript: Twenty-first Cheltenham Festival [...] Exhibition at Cheltenham Art Gallery | Fine Paintings from Gloucestershire Houses and other Sources | 5th to 17th July 1965 | Catalogue No. 54
[2] Verso upper centre 19th century manuscript: Old Arch and | Landscape | By Richard Wilson
[3] Verso centre C18 manuscript: Arch | By Richard Wilson
[4] Verso left centre inverted manuscript: 97
[5] Verso lower centre typescript: VIEW OF THE TORRE DEL FISCALE | near ROME | by | RICHARD WILSON R. A. | 1714-1782 | From the Collection of Col. M.H. Grant
Subject
The Torre del Fiscale, or Tower of Taxation, a square brick tower, is near Rome by the Via Appia Nuova. It was originally placed at the bend of an aqueduct to strengthen it.
Related Drawings
D181 The Torre del Fiscale near Rome, National Galleries of Scotland (D 4666)
Critical commentary
Perhaps unfinished, as suggested by ambiguities in the lower right area at the base of the arch, which seems structurally at variance with the adjacent boulders. The arch itself seems uncharacteristically two-dimensional.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Art 304
Bibliography
WGC, p. 199, pl. 77a
Condition/Conservation
Dimensions in frame: 44 x 38.2 cm. Kate Lowry has noted: Panel grain vertical to composition. Varnish very discoloured. Under UV no retouches visible over varnish. Part of the tower is unfinished and the stones in lower right corner are unresolved.