Venus and Satyr

Venus and Satyr
Venus and Satyr
Venus and Satyr
Private Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Venus and Satyr
Date
c.1752 (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 48.3 x 62.9 cm [unseen]
Imperial: 19 x 24 3/4 in. [unseen]
Collection
Location Unknown
Wilson Online Reference
P41
Provenance
Painted in Rome for Ralph Howard (1727-1789; Viscount Wicklow from 1785); by descent to William Cecil James, 8th Earl of Wicklow, Shelton Abbey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland; Sotheby's London, 23 October 1950 (1600 - Venus and Satire by Coypel); bt Father D.J. Lucey; Sotheby's 1 December 1954 (144), bt Burfitt
Critical commentary
One of Wilson's two first and only nudes as such (see also P40). Both were painted at a time when Wilson was influenced by Titian.
Bibliography
Ford May 1951, p. 166, fig. 21; WGC, pl. 16b; Clark & Bowron 1985, p. 255 under cat. 165; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 58, fig. 50
Link to WG Constable Archive Record
Updated by Compiler
2020-04-30 00:00:00