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Landscape: A Pool of Water at the Foot of a Mountain (Hermits by a Pool) (St Mary Magdalene)
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Landscape: A Pool of Water at the Foot of a Mountain (Hermits by a Pool) (St Mary Magdalene)
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Landscape: A Pool of Water at the Foot of a Mountain (Hermits by a Pool) (St Mary Magdalene)
Date
c.1765? (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, washed with Indian ink, heightened with white on thin brown paper laid down on card
Dimensions
188 x 240 mm
Dimensions
7 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.
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Collection
Victoria & Albert Museum, London. To license image, click here
Accession Number
DYCE.640
Wilson Online Reference
D366
Description
By a pool of water at the foot of a mountain a large mass of rock occupies the centre of the composition. To the right in the shade, a figure, perhaps Mary Magdalene, lies prostrate before a cross on a rock and a skull behind it. Above her tiny figures make their way up a steep diagonal path.The scene is bordered by a double outline.
By a pool of water at the foot of a mountain a large mass of rock occupies the centre of the composition. To the right in the shade, a figure, perhaps Mary Magdalene, lies prostrate before a cross on a rock and a skull behind it. Above her tiny figures make their way up a steep diagonal path.The scene is bordered by a double outline.
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Provenance
Bequeathed by the Revd Alexander Dyce 1869
Bequeathed by the Revd Alexander Dyce 1869
Signature/inscription
[1] Inscribed lower right corner in black ink: 640 [2] Inscribed lower right corner outside border in graphite: 277
[1] Inscribed lower right corner in black ink: 640
[2] Inscribed lower right corner outside border in graphite: 277
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[1] Recto, lower right corner: unidentified stamp
[1] Recto, lower right corner: unidentified stamp
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Related Drawings
D364 <i>Hermits by a Pool</i>, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford D365 <i>Study of a Boulder</i>, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
D364
Hermits by a Pool
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
D365
Study of a Boulder
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Critical commentary
Constable suggested that D364, D365 and D366 might be connected with a missing painting exhibited by Wilson at the Royal Academy in 1775 (347), <i>An Hermitage at Marino</i>.
Constable suggested that D364, D365 and D366 might be connected with a missing painting exhibited by Wilson at the Royal Academy in 1775 (347),
An Hermitage at Marino
.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
277; Box DG7
277; Box DG7
Bibliography
<i>DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce</i>, London : South Kensington Museum, 1874, p. 95; WGC, p. 230, pl. 124c
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce
, London : South Kensington Museum, 1874, p. 95; WGC, p. 230, pl. 124c
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Condition/Conservation
The paper is ragged at the edges but the overall condition is good.
The paper is ragged at the edges but the overall condition is good.
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Work of Art
Drawings
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Hermits by a Pool
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782),
Study of a Boulder
, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Exhibitions
Biographies
The Revd Alexander Dyce, 1798-1869
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
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