Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)

Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Courtesy of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford
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Artist
Ascribed to Wilson
Title
Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
Date
Undated
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 44.5 x 54 cm
Imperial: 17 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.
Accession Number
P0807
Wilson Online Reference
P101A
Description
A view of the head of Lake Nemi, with the town of Nemi beyond on the right, mountains in the distance and three figures seen from behind on a hilltop in the foreground
Exhibited
Perhaps RA Old Masters 1884 (27)
Provenance
Col. M.H. Grant; purchased by Lt. Col. R.H.R. Brocklebank June 1935; bequeathed to Magdalen College 1965
Subject
Lake Nemi, also called Speculum Dianae, Diana's Mirror, is a small circular volcanic lake 19 miles (30 km) south of Rome, it takes its name from Nemi, the largest town in the area, that overlooks it from a height.
Related Drawings
D387/1 Lake Scene, Private Collection, England
Related Prints
E72/30 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi), The British Museum and other impressions
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Critical commentary
Such an unbalanced composition is highly unusual for Wilson, giving rise to doubts about the painting's authenticity
Bibliography
WGC, p. 207, pl. 92a (version 2); H. Brocklebank, A Turn or two I'll walk to still my beating Mind: Commentary on a Private Collection, London 1955, pp. 55-58
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Updated by Compiler
2021-01-21 00:00:00