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    Ariccia - I

    Ariccia - I
    Ariccia - I
    Ariccia - I
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Ariccia - I
    Date
    c.1760 (undated)
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 47.6 x 73 cm
    Imperial: 18 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    BB15
    Wilson Online Reference
    P46A
    Description
    On the left a road runs uphill through a dark 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
    BI 1814 (150 - Cavern Scene); BI 1851 (133): RA 1881; London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1888 (La Riccia);
    London, Guildhall, 1902 Exhibition of a Selection of Works by French and British Painters of the Eighteenth Century (44 - Val d'Arria); Brighton 1920 (14 - View of La Riccia, near Rome); Ipswich 1927 (9); Exeter 1946 (69); Rome 1959 (668); London 1968 (17); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (89); Conwy 2009 (12); Weston 2011 (14); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
    Provenance
    Sir William Chambers; his sale Christie's 6 April 1799 (79); Benjamin Booth, thence by family descent
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Subject
    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 Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675) and this work reflects his style. The view was described by Benjamin Booth as 'Marble Caverns at Lerici' (Doc. 8) and 'Marble Quarries at La Riccia & Convent' (Doc. 9)
    Related Drawings
    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, View of Lareci near Rome, The British Museum (1854,0708.68) and other impressions
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P87 Ariccia - II, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire
    Related Works by Other Artists
    Gaspard Dughet, Landscape in the Roman Campagna, c.1670, probably in Corsini collection, Rome, by 1787. National Gallery, London (NG 68)
    Critical commentary
    David Solkin has noted that the handling in this painting typifies the highly-finished, rather small-scale cabinet pictures that Wilson produced within the first five years or so after his return to England. Gareth Williams has commented that in its exploration of the effects of foliage and light, this painting prefigures Italian-inspired paintings such as P114 Solitude, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery; also later English works such as P182 View of the Wilderness in St. James's Park, Yale Center for British Art.
    Bibliography
    Booth Notes Doc. 8, p. 2; Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (38); Fletcher 1908, p. 179; Ipswich 1927, p. 39; WGC, p. 193, pl. 67b; Solkin 1982, p. 203; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 15; Lord 2009, p. 53, no. 12; Williams 2011, p. 25, repr.
    Updated by Compiler
    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 (La Riccia, near Albano, Italy), Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

    Paintings

    • Ariccia - II, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire

    Exhibitions

    • London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
    • Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
    • Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, 24 October - 23 December 2009
    • Weston Park, The Granary Art Gallery, 2 April - 3 July 2011
    • London, Royal Academy, 14 December 1968 - 2 March 1969
    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
    • Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1959
    • Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014
    • Ipswich Museum, 7 October - 5 November 1927

    Biographies

    • Benjamin Booth (1732-1807)
    • Sir William Chambers (1722-1796)
    • The Revd Richard Salwey Booth (1762-1807)
    • Elizabeth Booth (1763-1819)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • David Solkin, Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
    • Peter Lord, Richard Wilson. Life & Legacy
    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
    • Gareth Williams, Masterpieces from the Ford Collection
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 8: List of Wilson's Paintings and Works by Old Masters and other Artists in Booth's Collection
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners
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