Mecaenas' Villa

Mecaenas' Villa
Mecaenas' Villa
Mecaenas' Villa
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Charles Turner after Wilson
Title
Mecaenas' Villa
Date
1823 (undated)
Medium
Mezzotint and etching
Dimensions
Metric: 173 x 204 mm
Imperial: 6 13/16 x 8 in.
Accession Number
1879,0614.318
Wilson Online Reference
E75
Description
In the left foreground, an artist is seated behind an easel and a woman is standing next to him. There is a waterfall beyond and a town on a wooded hilltop, with a large ruined building lower down the hill beyond. In the middle distance two figures are silhouetted against a valley. There are thick woods to the right and an extensive landscape in the distance.
Provenance
Mrs Frederick Smith, wife of the engraver Frederick Smith (d.1879); bought along with 368 other prints, from E.W. Janson, print dealer, 35 Little Russell Street, London, 1879. (See also E73).
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title and production details: 'Painted by Richard Wilson, R.A.'
Related Drawings
D224 The Falls at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Related Prints
E76 Turner after Wilson, View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Versions
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Related Paintings
P44 Tivoli, the Cascatellie Grande and the Villa of Maecenas (View of Tivoli with Rome in the Distance), National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
P44A View of Tivoli: The Cascatelle and the Villa of Maecenas, Dulwich Picture Gallery
P44B The Cascatelli of Tivoli and Villa of Maecenas, Private Collection, North America
Critical commentary
Plate 2 of Gems of Art: Forming a Choice Collection Engraved from Pictures of Acknowledged Excellence, Beauty, & Variety, Painted by Esteemed Masters of All Ages and Countries', published by William Bernard Cooke, 9, Soho Square, in 1824. (See also E73 and E74).
Bibliography
A. Whitman, Charles Turner, 1907, p. 259, cat. 813, II
Condition/Conservation
State with scratched title, plate reworked and more lettering added. Bound with the rest of the series in the original gilded 19th century leather cover
Updated by Compiler
2018-01-31 00:00:00