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Ariccia - I (La Riccia, near Albano, Italy)
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Ariccia - I (La Riccia, near Albano, Italy)
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Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Ariccia - I (La Riccia, near Albano, Italy)
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
53 x 80.9 cm
Dimensions
20 7/8 x 31 7/8 in.
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Collection
Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery. To license images click here.
Accession Number
00302
Wilson Online Reference
P46B
Description
On the left a road runs uphill through a wood towards distant buildings. On the right are framing trees and a rocky outcrop with a cave below. Three figures are seen at its mouth and a prominent milestone stands to their left. A dead branch lies in the right foreground and the scene is set against a bright cloudy sky above.
On the left a road runs uphill through a wood towards distant buildings. On the right are framing trees and a rocky outcrop with a cave below. Three figures are seen at its mouth and a prominent milestone stands to their left. A dead branch lies in the right foreground and the scene is set against a bright cloudy sky above.
Exhibited
Gloucester 2014 (unnumbered)
Gloucester 2014 (unnumbered)
Provenance
E.H. Robson; <span class="underline">Stanley Marling</span>, J.P., Littleworth House, Amberley, Gloucestershire; bequeathed to Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, 1963
E.H. Robson;
Stanley Marling
, J.P., Littleworth House, Amberley, Gloucestershire; bequeathed to Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, 1963
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Techniques and materials
The effect is dark overall, with a dull varnish. There is a pink ground under the sky, which is empty apart from the clouds.
The effect is dark overall, with a dull varnish. There is a pink ground under the sky, which is empty apart from the clouds.
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Located between the lakes of Nemi and Albano on the Via Appia Nuova, south-east of Rome, Ariccia was celebrated for its groves, thought to have been the hunting-grounds of the goddess Diana. The area was a haunt of Wilson's seventeenth-century exemplar, Gaspard Dughet.
Located between the lakes of Nemi and Albano on the Via Appia Nuova, south-east of Rome, Ariccia was celebrated for its groves, thought to have been the hunting-grounds of the goddess Diana. The area was a haunt of Wilson's seventeenth-century exemplar, Gaspard Dughet.
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Related Drawings
D224 <i>View at Ariccia, near Albano</i>, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge D282 <i>A Church at Ariccia</i>, Private Collection, England D282A <i>Landscape near Rome</i>, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery D326 <i>Ariccia near Rome</i>, The British Museum (1881,0212.24)
D224
View at Ariccia, near Albano
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
D282
A Church at Ariccia
, Private Collection, England
D282A
Landscape near Rome
, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
D326
Ariccia near Rome
, The British Museum (1881,0212.24)
Related Prints
E72/11 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, <i>View of Lareci near Rome</i>, The British Museum (1854,0708.68) and other impressions
E72/11 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
View of Lareci near Rome
, The British Museum (1854,0708.68) and other impressions
Versions
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Related Paintings
P87 <i>Ariccia - II</i>, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire
P87
Ariccia - II
, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire
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Critical commentary
Differs in detail from P46 and has three figures in the cave mouth, approximating it to P46A.The middle figure just inside the cave is wearing a brimmed hat and receiving something from the figure outside. They may intended as children. The figures themselves are roughly painted but the distance is sensitive and specific. W.G. Constable described this painting as a somewhat heavy-handed repetition.
Differs in detail from P46 and has three figures in the cave mouth, approximating it to P46A.The middle figure just inside the cave is wearing a brimmed hat and receiving something from the figure outside. They may intended as children. The figures themselves are roughly painted but the distance is sensitive and specific. W.G. Constable described this painting as a somewhat heavy-handed repetition.
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Bibliography
WGC, p. 193, pl. 67b (2)
WGC, p. 193, pl. 67b (2)
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
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Condition/Conservation
Dimensions framed: 80.5 x 108 cm. The gilded classical frame is damaged, especially in the upper left corner. Kate Lowry has noted: Paint film covered by a thick discoloured varnish layer and surface dirt. UV examination shows some retouching over varnish along lower edge. A pink ground is visible beneath the sky tone and around foliage. Foreground figures are poor quality even for Wilson, but distant monastery and foliage are good.
Dimensions framed: 80.5 x 108 cm. The gilded classical frame is damaged, especially in the upper left corner. Kate Lowry has noted: Paint film covered by a thick discoloured varnish layer and surface dirt. UV examination shows some retouching over varnish along lower edge. A pink ground is visible beneath the sky tone and around foliage. Foreground figures are poor quality even for Wilson, but distant monastery and foliage are good.
Illustrations of the Work
Updated by Compiler
09/02/2021
09/02/2021
Work of Art
Drawings
View at Ariccia, near Albano
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
A Church at Ariccia
, Private Collection, England
Landscape near Rome
, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Ariccia near Rome
, The British Museum
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
View of Lareci near Rome
, The British Museum
Versions
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Ariccia - I
, Tate, London
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Ariccia - I
, Private Collection, England
Paintings
Ariccia - II
, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire
Exhibitions
Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery, 2 January - 1 March 2014
Biographies
Stanley Marling, 1864-1963
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
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