A View in the Villa Madama, near Rome…

A View in the Villa Madama, near Rome…
A View in the Villa Madama, near Rome…
A View in the Villa Madama, near Rome…
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
William Byrne (1743-1805) after Wilson
Title
A View in the Villa Madama, near Rome, called Il Teatro: Pastor Fido & other Dramas having been perform'd there
Date
1765
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 336 x 424 mm
Imperial: 13 1/4 x 16 11/16 in.
Accession Number
1872,0511.390
Wilson Online Reference
E14B
Description
A wooded landscape, with three figures in the right foreground and others at the doorway of a ruined villa, surrounded by trees behind. To the left a lake and two grottoes are visible.
Provenance
1872 Purchased from George Love (1804-1883), 81 Bunhill Row, Finsbury, London, as part of a group 428 prints
Signature/inscription
Lettered lower left: Richd. Wilson pinxt. | No.1.; lower centre: A View in the Villa Madama, near ROME, called IL TEATRO: - Pastor Fido, & other Dramas, having been perform'd there. | Publish'd by J.BOYDELL, Engraver in Cheapside, London, 1765.; lower right: Wm. Byrne Sculpt.
Related Paintings
P91 The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Petworth House, National Trust
P91A The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Hagley Hall, Worcestershire
P91B The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Johannesburg Art Gallery
P91C The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Private Collection, England
P91D The Garden of the Villa Madama, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
P91E The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Private Collection, Wales
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 6; Edwards 1808, p. 88
Link to WG Constable Archive Record