Nemi

Nemi
Nemi
Nemi
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Nemi
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump on greenish paper, heightened with white
Dimensions
Metric: 256 x 392 mm
Imperial: 10 1/16 x 15 7/16 in.
Accession Number
1881,0212.8
Wilson Online Reference
D105
Description
The view is down onto Lake Nemi, which lies in the hollow of wooded shores, with buildings on the steep heights to the left and on the opposite side towards the right. In the foreground are two figures on a rock - one perhaps an artist drawing - and a stone-pine with cypresses far right.
Exhibited
BM 1969 (108); Nov. 1977 - Jan. 1978, Bremen Kunsthalle, Retour à la Nature (215); 29 Nov. 1991 - 9 Feb. 1992, Munich, Neue Pinakothek & 1 Mar. - 3 May 1992, Dresden, Albertinum Johann Georg von Dillis 1759-1841) Landschaft und Menschenbild (A23)
Provenance
Donated by John Deffett Francis , February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Verso inscriptions
[1] Wilson [ink]
[2] JDF [ink?]
[3] 6 [underlined, pencil]
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Related Paintings
P81 Lake Nemi, Figures Bathing, Private Collection, England
P127 The Lake of Nemi or Speculum Dianae with Dolbadarn Castle (Diana and Callisto), Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Related Works by Other Artists
Francis Towne (1739-1816): The Lake of Nemi, watercolour, 1781, The British Museum (Nn,3.4)
Bibliography
Binyon 4; C. Heilmann et al. Johann Georg von Dillis, 1759-1841, Landschaft und Menschenbild, Munich 1991, pp. 17, 313
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Condition/Conservation
Some staining overall; creasing upper right and centre right
Updated by Compiler
2016-02-02 00:00:00