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    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…
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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.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    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
    WGC/1/1/125

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • William Byrne (1743-1805)after Wilson, A View in the Villa Madama, near Rome, called Il Teatro, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • William Byrne (1743-1805)after Wilson, A View in the Villa Madama near Rome called Il Teatro, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • William Byrne (1743-1805)after Wilson, A View in the Villa Madama, near Rome, called Il Teatro: Pastor Fido & other dramas having been performed there, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    • William Byrne (1743-1805)after Wilson, View in the Villa Madama, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Petworth House, National Trust
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Hagley Hall, Worcestershire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Johannesburg Art Gallery
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Garden of the Villa Madama, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Hermitage, Villa Madama, Private Collection, Wales

    Biographies

    • William Byrne (1743-1805)

    Documents

    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 6: List of Engravers after Wilson and Biographical Notes
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