Lake Avernus (A View in Italy)

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Lake Avernus (A View in Italy)
Lake Avernus (A View in Italy)
Lake Avernus (A View in Italy)
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
James Roberts (1725-1799) after Wilson
Title
Lake Avernus (A View in Italy)
Date
Undated
Medium
Etching on white laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 232 x 282 mm
Imperial: 9 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.
Accession Number
17.157
Wilson Online Reference
E16A
Description
Landscape with two figures conversing with a monk on the shore of a lake in the foreground beside an open antique coffin. A third man is seen pulling a net out of the water to the left. There is a fishing boat beyond, with ruins in the centre across the water, a castle on the hill in the background and a tree framing the scene on the left.
Signature/inscription
Unlettered
Verso inscriptions
[1] Lower right, pencil: NMWA 5988
Versions
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Related Paintings
P122 Lake Avernus - I, Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
P122A Ascribed to Wilson, Lake Avernus - I, York Art Gallery
P122C Lake Avernus - I, Private Collection, Wales
P122D Lake Avernus - I, Galerie Hans, Hamburg
P122E Lake Avernus - I , Magdalen College, Oxford
P122F Lake Avernus - I , Private Collection
P122H Lake Avernus - I, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Critical commentary
Perhaps an abandoned trial impression of a first idea. Unlike E16 the composition is in the same orientation as P122 and the other painted versions.
Bibliography
Edwards 1808, p. 88
Condition/Conservation
Unfinished, e.g. the face of the monk in the centre. Flattened vertical fold about 2 3/4 in. from the right. Needs surface clean.