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Temple of Bacchus, Rome
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Temple of Bacchus, Rome
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Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Temple of Bacchus, Rome
Date
c.1754 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on grey paper
Dimensions
238 x 394 mm
Dimensions
9 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.
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Collection
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. To license image, click here.
Accession Number
WA1953.27
Wilson Online Reference
D274
Description
Framed by a tree growing on a bank in the left foreground a group of buildings is seen in the middle distance,with a ruined circular one in the centre. Beyond this at the right another circular building with a domed roof is the former Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of Santa Constanza. At the left more buildings include the tower and upper part of the Church of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura.
Framed by a tree growing on a bank in the left foreground a group of buildings is seen in the middle distance,with a ruined circular one in the centre. Beyond this at the right another circular building with a domed roof is the former Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of Santa Constanza. At the left more buildings include the tower and upper part of the Church of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura.
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Provenance
Paul Sandby; his sale, Christie's May 1811 (93); Jeffrey; R.P. Roupell; Christie's, 12-14 July 1887 (1357); Edward Riggall; Sotheby's, 4 July 1901 (103); Herbert Horne; Sir Edward Marsh; bequeathed 1953 to the Ashmolean Museum through the National Art-Collections Fund
Paul Sandby; his sale, Christie's May 1811 (93); Jeffrey; R.P. Roupell; Christie's, 12-14 July 1887 (1357); Edward Riggall; Sotheby's, 4 July 1901 (103); Herbert Horne; Sir Edward Marsh; bequeathed 1953 to the Ashmolean Museum through the National Art-Collections Fund
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Techniques and materials
Collectors' marks
[1] Lower left corner: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112)
[1] Lower left corner: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112)
Verso inscriptions
[1] Inscribed in an old hand: The Temple of Bacchus. 10-6
[1] Inscribed in an old hand: The Temple of Bacchus. 10-6
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D307 <i>The Temple of Bacchus</i>, The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, New York
D307
The Temple of Bacchus
, The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, New York
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Critical commentary
This unembellished drawing made on the spot was later worked up into D307, the presentation drawing for Lord Dartmouth. Ford has remarked that the proportions of the dome of the temple/church are more accurate in this version. Brown noted that the trees and other foreground details on the left are more emphasised than the rest of the composition and were probably an addition made in the studio.
This unembellished drawing made on the spot was later worked up into D307, the presentation drawing for Lord Dartmouth. Ford has remarked that the proportions of the dome of the temple/church are more accurate in this version. Brown noted that the trees and other foreground details on the left are more emphasised than the rest of the composition and were probably an addition made in the studio.
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Bibliography
Ford 1948, p. 345; Ford 1951, pp. 30-31, 59, no. 53; Solkin 1978, pp. 405-6, pl. 18a; Brown 1982, p. 660, no. 1888, pl. 541
Ford 1948, p. 345; Ford 1951, pp. 30-31, 59, no. 53; Solkin 1978, pp. 405-6, pl. 18a; Brown 1982, p. 660, no. 1888, pl. 541
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Condition/Conservation
Some spotting overalll
Some spotting overalll
Illustrations of the Work
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Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
The Temple of Bacchus
, The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, New York
Exhibitions
Biographies
Paul Sandby, c.1730-1809
Sir Edward Howard Marsh, 1872-1953
Herbert Horne, 1864-1916
Documents
David Solkin, 'Some New Light on the Drawings of Richard Wilson'
Brinsley Ford,
The Drawings of Richard Wilson
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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