Italian Landscape Composition

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Italian Landscape Composition
Italian Landscape Composition
Italian Landscape Composition
Guy Peppiatt, London
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Italian Landscape Composition
Date
Undated
Medium
Pen, brown ink and grey wash
Dimensions
Metric: 95 x 130 mm sight size
Imperial: 3 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. sight size
Collection
Private Collection, Somerset, UK
Wilson Online Reference
D392
Provenance
Christies, London; Private Collection, Somerset, UK
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Related Paintings
P122 Lake Avernus - I (Classical Landscape, Lake Avernus)
Critical commentary
The small size and combination of pen and wash are unusual for Wilson but the subject and quality speak strongly in his favour. There is no equivalent painting in his oeuvre but the composition shares many features with various versions of P122 Lake Avernus- I.