A Summer Evening River View ('On the Arno' - IV)

A Summer Evening River View ('On the Arno' - IV)
A Summer Evening River View ('On the Arno' - IV)
A Summer Evening River View ('On the Arno' - IV)
Private Collection / Photograph by owner
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
A Summer Evening River View ('On the Arno' - IV)
Date
c.1780-82 (undated)
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
Metric: 18.9 x 24.2 cm
Imperial: 7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.
Collection
Private Collection, London
Wilson Online Reference
P98C
Description
The bend of a river is framed by a large tree on the right, with a peasant fishing in the foreground, his wife seated behind holding their baby. To their left further back is a small figure in a boat partly obscured by the bank, and beyond on the left is a towered building on high ground.
Provenance
Belvoir Fine Arts, 2017; Private Collection, London
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Related Prints
E71/3 John Young after Wilson, A View on the Arno, The British Museum
Versions
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Critical commentary
P98C is a much reduced late version of P98, painted on panel. This support was often used in Wilson's last pictures, when poverty prevented his acquisition of better materials.