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Landscape with a Palace at the Summit of a Mountain
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Landscape with a Palace at the Summit of a Mountain
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Landscape with a Palace at the Summit of a Mountain
Date
c.1752-54 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper prepared with distemper colour and laid down on modern cream paper
Dimensions
240 x 350 mm
Dimensions
9 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London. To license image, click here
Accession Number
DYCE.656
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D165
Description
A palace with a prominent turret appears at the summit of a mountain on the left, from which a cascade descends. There are three figures under a large umbrella or parasol - two Grand Tourists and a servant - admiring the scene in the foreground and three other figures may be seen in the middle distance.
A palace with a prominent turret appears at the summit of a mountain on the left, from which a cascade descends. There are three figures under a large umbrella or parasol - two Grand Tourists and a servant - admiring the scene in the foreground and three other figures may be seen in the middle distance.
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Provenance
Paul Sandby [...] bequeathed by the Revd Alexander Dyce 1869
Paul Sandby [...] bequeathed by the Revd Alexander Dyce 1869
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Unsigned; inscribed in black ink lower right corner: 656
Unsigned; inscribed in black ink lower right corner: 656
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[1] Lower left corner: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112)
[1] Lower left corner: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112)
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D292 <i>View of Tivoli</i>, Private Collection
D292
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, Private Collection
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Perhaps drawn at Tivoli
Perhaps drawn at Tivoli
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Bibliography
<i>DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce</i>, London : South Kensington Museum, 1874
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce
, London : South Kensington Museum, 1874
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View of Tivoli
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The Revd Alexander Dyce, 1798-1869
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