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    "The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli) " has these versions
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    The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa)

    The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa)
    The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa)
    The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa)
    Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa)
    Date
    c.1765 (undated)
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 43.2 x 54 cm
    Imperial: 17 x 21 1/4 in.
    Collection
    Auckland Art Gallery. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    1957/14
    Wilson Online Reference
    P139A
    Description
    Rural scene depicting Hadrian's Villa near Tivoli in Italy. Viewed from the left bank of a river, ruined arches and a small stone building with pitched roof can be seen in the foreground. A figure stands upon the arches beside the dwelling, leaning over wooden railings from which washing is hanging. Below two figures rest beside a track running down the bank towards the river. The view from the riverbank extends across a wooded landscape towards the hills in distance. The sky is deep blue with scattered clouds.
    Exhibited
    Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand, Old Master Paintings from the Private and Public Collections of New Zealand, 1959 (17)
    Provenance
    Anon sale, Christie's 27 June 1896 (46); Sir Edward Paul Dean, Bart; with C. Marshall Spink & Son Ltd, 5,6,7 King Street, St James's, London S.W.1., 1957; purchased by Auckland City Art Gallery 1957
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Subject
    Hadrian's Villa was begun during the emperor's reign in 125 AD and completed ten years later. It was planned so as to reproduce on one site all the famous buildings that the emperor had seen in Greece and Egypt. Later it was plundered by invaders and not excavated and restored until the Renaissance.
    Related Drawings
    D170 The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Bibliography
    Gallery Quarterly, no. 5, p. 4; Tomory & Gaston 1989, p. 52, no. 140
    Condition/Conservation
    Dimensions framed: 61.8 x 73.5 cm
    Updated by Compiler
    14/10/2021

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli) , Manchester City Galleries

    Documents

    • Peter Tomory & Robert Gaston, European Paintings before 1800 in Australian and New Zealand Public Collections
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