Mecaenas' Villa

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Mecaenas' Villa
Mecaenas' Villa
Mecaenas' Villa
Birmingham Museums Trust
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Artist
Charles Turner after Wilson
Title
Mecaenas' Villa
Date
1823 (undated)
Medium
Mezzotint and etching
Dimensions
Metric: 286 x 431 mm
Imperial: 11 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.
Accession Number
1976P105
Wilson Online Reference
E75D
Description
In the left foreground, an artist is seated behind an easel and a woman is standing next to him. There is a waterfall beyond and a town on a wooded hilltop, with a large ruined building lower down the hill beyond. In the middle distance two figures are silhouetted against a valley. There are thick woods to the right and an extensive landscape in the distance.
Provenance
Acquired 1976
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image, lower left: 'Painted by Richard Wilson, R.A.'
Related Drawings
D224 The Falls at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Related Prints
E76 Charles Turner after Wilson, View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Versions
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Related Paintings
P44 Tivoli, the Cascatelle Grande and the Villa of Maecenas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
P44A View of Tivoli: The Cascatelle and the Villa of Maecenas, Dulwich Picture Gallery
P44B The Cascatelli of Tivoli and Villa of Maecenas, Private Collection, North America
Critical commentary
Plate 2 of Gems of Art: Forming a Choice Collection Engraved from Pictures of Acknowledged Excellence, Beauty, & Variety, Painted by Esteemed Masters of All Ages and Countries', published by William Bernard Cooke, 9, Soho Square, in 1824. (See also E73 and E74).
Bibliography
A. Whitman, Charles Turner, 1907, p. 259, cat. 813, II
Condition/Conservation
Plate size: 174 x 207 mm; 6 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.; foxed
Updated by Compiler
2018-01-31 00:00:00