Italian Landscape with two Figures in a Park (Classical Landscape…

Italian Landscape with two Figures in a Park (Classical Landscape…
Italian Landscape with two Figures in a Park (Classical Landscape…
Italian Landscape with two Figures in a Park (Classical Landscape…
Collection Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Landscape with two Figures in a Park (Classical Landscape with a distant Mountain)
Date
c.1754-56 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk and stump on grey paper, heightened with white
Dimensions
Metric: 125 x 127 mm
Imperial: 4 7/8 x 5 in.
Accession Number
RP-T-1959-163
Wilson Online Reference
D243
Exhibited
London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (57)
Provenance
Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784); Paul Sandby (c.1730-1809) [...] acquired 1959
Collectors' marks
[1] Lower centre: Nathaniel Hone the Elder (Lugt 2793)
[2] Lower left centre: Paul Sandby, (Lugt 2112)
Subject
The distant mountain may be a reminiscence of Vesuvius, but the scene is largely imaginary.
Related Drawings
D242 Pastoral Landscape with a Tower, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
D411 Pastoral Landscape, Private Collection, Washington D.C.
Critical commentary
The drawing was one of a number in the collections of Wilson's artist-contemporaries, Nathaniel Hone and Paul Sandby, notably D411. The sale of Wilson drawings owned by William Lock 'of Norbury' included twelve 'Small circular Landscapes, Views in the Environs of Rome, taken in the years 1754 and 1756' (Sotheby's, 3 May 1821 (386)), though this drawing is not known to have belonged to him.
Bibliography
Solkin 1982, p. 176
Condition/Conservation
Image diameter: 105 mm (4 1/8 in.)