Trinità dei Monti, Rome

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Trinità dei Monti, Rome
Trinità dei Monti, Rome
Trinità dei Monti, Rome
The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Trinità dei Monti, Rome
Date
c.1752-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on beige prepared paper mounted on an old lined mount
Dimensions
Metric: 194 x 206 mm
Imperial: 7 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.3886
Wilson Online Reference
D279
Description
A view in Rome near the Church of Sta Trinità dei Monti, taken from a considerable height towards a partially collapsed building with scaffolding and workmen
Exhibited
London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, May-June 1977 (3)
Provenance
Brinsley Ford; Squire; Sir Robert Clermont Witt; Witt Bequest 1952
Signature/inscription
Inscribed by the artist in black chalk along the lower edge: Trinita dei Monti at Rome
Mount inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil on the beige card mount recto lower left:
[1] 4832
[2] Richard Wilson / Ford Collection
Subject
Probably the view from Wilson's lodgings near the Piazza di Spagna below the church of Sta Trinità dei Monti. The church itself appears in the distance in D99 On the Outskirts of Rome, The British Museum
More Information
The inscription along the bottom of the drawing appears to be in Wilson's hand
Condition/Conservation
Some spotting especially lower left and lower right corners