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Villa Emiliana near Rome
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Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Villa Emiliana near Rome
Date
Early 1760s (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
33 x 40 cm
Dimensions
13 x 16 in.
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
BB14
Wilson Online Reference
P117
Description
An umbrella pine dominates the scene, with part of a villa on the left and a prominent stone sarcophagus in the centre. In the right background are a walled farmstead with cypresses and other trees, towards which some women are walking. A figure is attending to washing on the wooden steps at the side of the villa, other figures are beneath the pine and a man sits on the ground prominently in the right foreground. Beyond are the sea or a lake and distant mountains under a blue sky with fluffy clouds.
An umbrella pine dominates the scene, with part of a villa on the left and a prominent stone sarcophagus in the centre. In the right background are a walled farmstead with cypresses and other trees, towards which some women are walking. A figure is attending to washing on the wooden steps at the side of the villa, other figures are beneath the pine and a man sits on the ground prominently in the right foreground. Beyond are the sea or a lake and distant mountains under a blue sky with fluffy clouds.
Exhibited
Brighton 1920 (10 - <i>Villa Emelia</i>); Exeter 1946 (63); Birmingham 1948-49 (27); London 1949 (26); on loan to Kenwood, 1959-60; London 1968 (1); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (91); Conwy 2009 (13); Weston 2011 (13); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
Brighton 1920 (10 -
Villa Emelia
); Exeter 1946 (63); Birmingham 1948-49 (27); London 1949 (26); on loan to Kenwood, 1959-60; London 1968 (1); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (91); Conwy 2009 (13); Weston 2011 (13); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
Provenance
<span class="underline">Paul Sandby</span>; <span class="underline">Benjamin Booth</span>; <span class="underline">Revd R.S. Booth</span>; <span class="underline">Lady Ford</span>; <span class="underline">Richard Ford</span>; <span class="underline">Sir Francis Clare Ford</span>; <span class="underline">John G. Ford</span>; <span class="underline">Sir Brinsley Ford</span>; thence by descent
Paul Sandby
;
Benjamin Booth
;
Revd R.S. Booth
;
Lady Ford
;
Richard Ford
;
Sir Francis Clare Ford
;
John G. Ford
;
Sir Brinsley Ford
; thence by descent
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Subject
The site remains untraced and the scene may be imaginary, contrived from personal experience. The prominent sarcophagus at the centre foreground, its sculptural sophistication contrasting with the rustic setting, provides a note of antiquity and perhaps mortality. Benjamin Booth recorded that the painting had belonged to Paul Sandby.
The site remains untraced and the scene may be imaginary, contrived from personal experience. The prominent sarcophagus at the centre foreground, its sculptural sophistication contrasting with the rustic setting, provides a note of antiquity and perhaps mortality. Benjamin Booth recorded that the painting had belonged to Paul Sandby.
Related Subjects
Related Drawings
D223 Ascribed to Wilson, <i>A Roman Table Support</i>, Private Collection, England
D223 Ascribed to Wilson,
A Roman Table Support
, Private Collection, England
Related Prints
E72/4 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>Villa Emelia</i>, 1820, The British Museum E72/4A Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>Villa Emelia</i>, 1820, The British Museum
E72/4 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Emelia
, 1820, The British Museum
E72/4A Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Emelia
, 1820, The British Museum
Versions
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Critical commentary
The central roundel of the sarcophagus relates to one in the garden of the Villa Medici which Wilson drew.
The central roundel of the sarcophagus relates to one in the garden of the Villa Medici which Wilson drew.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 5, p. 2; Booth Notes Doc. 8, p. 1; Booth Notes Doc. 9 (8); WGC, pp. 46, 90, 198-99, pl. 76b; Sutton & Clements 1968, p. 39, fig. 44; Solkin 1982, p. 204; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 15; Williams 2011, p. 24, repr.
Booth Notes Doc. 5, p. 2; Booth Notes Doc. 8, p. 1; Booth Notes Doc. 9 (8); WGC, pp. 46, 90, 198-99, pl. 76b; Sutton & Clements 1968, p. 39, fig. 44; Solkin 1982, p. 204; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 15; Williams 2011, p. 24, repr.
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Condition/Conservation
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
24/09/2021
24/09/2021
Work of Art
Drawings
Ascribed to Wilson,
A Roman Table Support
, Private Collection, England
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Emelia
, The British Museum
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
Villa Emelia
, The British Museum
Versions
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Villa Emiliana near Rome
, Private Collection, Scotland
Exhibitions
London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
London, Tate Gallery, 22 January - 14 March 1949
Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, 24 October - 23 December 2009
Weston Park, The Granary Art Gallery, 2 April - 3 July 2011
London, Royal Academy, 14 December 1968 - 2 March 1969
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014
Biographies
Benjamin Booth, 1732-1807
Richard Ford, 1796-1858
Paul Sandby, c.1730-1809
Sir Brinsley Ford, 1908-1999
The Revd Richard Salwey Booth, 1762-1807
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford, 1767-1849
Sir Richard Ford, 1758-1806
Sir Francis Clare Ford, 1828-1899
John G. Ford, -1917
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
David Solkin,
Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
Denys Sutton & Ann Clements,
An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection
Gareth Williams,
Masterpieces from the Ford Collection
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 5: List of Wilson's Works with Owners
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 8: List of Wilson's Paintings and Works by Old Masters and other Artists in Booth's Collection
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners
Part of a sketchbook
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