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The Lago d'Agnano
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The Lago d'Agnano
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Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
The Lago d'Agnano
Date
c.1752 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on grey paper
Dimensions
256 x 399 mm
Dimensions
10 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.
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Collection
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
WA1967.18
Wilson Online Reference
D177
Description
The view is to the south, with the lake centred in the middle distance. Vesuvius is distantly indicated beyond wooded hills at the extreme left and further hills rise to the right.
The view is to the south, with the lake centred in the middle distance. Vesuvius is distantly indicated beyond wooded hills at the extreme left and further hills rise to the right.
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Provenance
William Lock; Sotheby's 3 May 1821; Captain Richard Ford; T.E. Lowinsky; Sotheby's 8 February 1956 (66); Colnaghi; bt Brinsley Ford; presented by him to the Italian Art and Archives Reserve Fund; presented by the National Art Collections Fund, 1967
William Lock; Sotheby's 3 May 1821; Captain Richard Ford; T.E. Lowinsky; Sotheby's 8 February 1956 (66); Colnaghi; bt Brinsley Ford; presented by him to the Italian Art and Archives Reserve Fund; presented by the National Art Collections Fund, 1967
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; inscribed verso (see Verso inscriptions)
Unsigned; inscribed verso (see Verso inscriptions)
Techniques and materials
Collectors' marks
[1] Recto, lower left corner: 'TEL' in circle: Thomas Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
[1] Recto, lower left corner: 'TEL' in circle: Thomas Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
Verso inscriptions
Inscriptions by Lowinsky and Ford relating to provenance
Inscriptions by Lowinsky and Ford relating to provenance
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Related Paintings
P47 <i>View of Lago d'Agnano, the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance</i> Ashmolean Museum, Oxford P47A <i>Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the Distance</i>, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
P47
View of Lago d'Agnano, the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
P47A
Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the Distance
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Related Works by Other Artists
Critical commentary
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
1892
1892
Bibliography
Herrmann 1973, p. 56; Brown 1982, pp. 661-62, no. 1892, pl. 543
Herrmann 1973, p. 56; Brown 1982, pp. 661-62, no. 1892, pl. 543
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Work of Art
Paintings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the Distance
, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
View of Lago d'Agnano, the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Exhibitions
Biographies
Documents
Luke Herrmann,
British Landscape Painting of the Eighteenth Century
David Blayney Brown,
Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Volume IV: The Earlier British Drawings, British Artists and Foreigners working in Britain born before c.1775
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