Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 29(v) and 30(r)

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Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 29(v) and 30(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 29(v) and 30(r)
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 29(v) and 30(r)
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Sketchbook - Drawings 29(v) and 30(r)
Date
1754
Medium
Black chalk on medium, rough, blued white wove paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions
Metric: 281 x 210 mm (each sheet)
Imperial: 11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (each sheet)
Accession Number
B1977.14.359 v29 & r30
Wilson Online Reference
D280/29
Description
A view across both sheets showing, through woodland, Lake Albano and buildings on the distant shore
Provenance
Oldfield Bowles; given to Sir George Beaumont, 1784; thence by descent until 1963, when sold to Paul Mellon
Signature/inscription
29(v) inscribed in black chalk, lower left: Alban Lake from Marino. [sic]
Subject
Lake Albano is a volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio, near Monte Cavo, about 20 km (13 miles) south-east of Rome. Marino is one of the towns which make up the Castelli Romani, 16 communes situated nearby in the hills. The buildings faintly indicated in the distance are the monastery of Palazzola.
Related Drawings
D314 Monte Cavo in the Alban Hills, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California
Critical commentary
This plein-air study was probably used in the composition of D314 Monte Cavo in the Alban Hills, executed in 1754 for Lord Darmouth.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 6363
Bibliography
Sutton & Clements 1968, vol. 1, pp. 28-29; vol. 2, p. 49
More Information
Only two sketchbooks by Wilson have survived - the present one (D280-D280/33) and D53-D53/81 Studies and Designs by R. Wilson done in Rome in the Year MDCCLII, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (E.3586-1922).