The Piazza del Populo, Rome

The Piazza del Populo, Rome
The Piazza del Populo, Rome
The Piazza del Populo, Rome
The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
The Piazza del Populo, Rome
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk with stump and white highlights: roundel on square grey paper
Dimensions
Metric: 125 x 115 mm; image: 105 mm diameter
Imperial: 4 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.; image: 4 1/8 in. diameter
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2065
Wilson Online Reference
D198
Exhibited
Oxford 1937 (26 - one of three on one mount)
Provenance
Paul Sandby; Dr John Percy, F.R.S. (1817-1889), Gloucester Crescent, Bayswater, London; his sale, Christie's 15-17 & 22-23 April 1890 (1398 - Three Italian Landscapes, bt Dowdeswell, £1.4s.); H.S. Theobald; Sotheby's 13 May 1925 (219 - three on one mount), bt Sir Robert Clermont Witt; Witt Bequest 1952
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Collectors' marks
[1] Recto lower left: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112)
[2] Recto lower left corner: Dr J. Percy (Lugt 1504)
[3] Verso lower left corner: Sir Robert Witt
Critical commentary
One of three circular drawings sold in one mount in 1925
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
2065
Condition/Conservation
Much spotting, most marked outside drawn circle
Updated by Compiler
2022-10-20 00:00:00