Landscape near Rome

Landscape near Rome
Landscape near Rome
Landscape near Rome
Birmingham Museums Trust
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Landscape near Rome
Date
c.1754 (undated)
Medium
Pen and black chalk, heightened with white
Dimensions
Metric: 268 x 410 mm
Imperial: 10 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.
Accession Number
1953P441
Wilson Online Reference
D282A
Description
In the foreground a man on horseback is led out of a dark wood by another man with a staff. The rough road stretches back towards a Baroque pedimented church in the distance. A robed figure is coming out of the church, and nearby another gives alms to a seated beggar-woman.
Exhibited
RA 1949 (3); Worthing 1960 (5)
Provenance
J. Leslie Wright; acquired 1953
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Subject
Located between the lakes of Nemi and Albano on the Via Appia Nuova, southeast of Rome, Ariccia was celebrated for its groves, thought to have been the hunting grounds of the goddess Diana. The area had been a haunt of Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675). whom Wilson greatly admired.
Related Paintings
P46 Ariccia I, Tate, London and other versions
Bibliography
Ford 1951, p. 64, under no. 84; WGC, p. 193 under pl. 68a