A House at Chioggia

A House at Chioggia
A House at Chioggia
A House at Chioggia
Private Collection, England / Photograph by Matthew Hollow
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A House at Chioggia
Date
c.1751 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 196 x 203 mm
Imperial: 7 11/16 x 8 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF60
Wilson Online Reference
D23A
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
Subject
The town of Chioggia is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Venice. Wilson visited it on his journey from Venice to Rome in 1751.
Critical commentary
This drawing represents the same subject as D23 A House at Chioggia, Private Collection, England. The present work however is more detailed but lacks a third figure in the left. Brinsley Ford suggested that it was done on the spot and that Wilson later made the second, more simplified version of it.
Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 69, RF60