Italian Landscape with River running between high Wall at left and…

Italian Landscape with River running between high Wall at left and…
Italian Landscape with River running between high Wall at left and…
Italian Landscape with River running between high Wall at left and…
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
title=Credit line
Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Landscape with River running between high Wall at left and high Bank at right towards a small Town with Figures on the Banks (Walled Town with Moat or River and Tomb in Foreground)
Date
c.1753 (undated)
Medium
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, blued-white laid paper mounted on cream, moderately thick, smooth wove paper
Dimensions
Metric: 202 x 294 mm
Imperial: 7 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.
Accession Number
B1977.14.6029
Wilson Online Reference
D215
Description
On the banks of a river two figures sit beside a tomb and trees at the right. Across the middle distance run a bank and high wall with other figures on the path before them. Trees grow behind the wall and in the far distance is a partly fortified town.
Exhibited
Yale Center for British Art, 1980, The Art of Alexander and J.R. Cozens (143)
Provenance
Marianne Ford; Christie's 17 June 1929 (5 - A Canal Scene), bt Parsons (15 guineas); T.E. Lowinsky; Justin Lowinsky; bt by Paul Mellon 1963; acquired by Yale Center for British Art 1977
Signature/inscription
Unsigned, no inscription
Collectors' marks
[1] Recto, lower left corner: 'TEL' in circle: Thomas Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 15135
Condition/Conservation
Mounted on old lined mount. Mount dimensions: 244 x 340 mm ( 9 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.) Pinhole or small tear lower left.