Villa Negroni

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Villa Negroni
Villa Negroni
Villa Negroni
Karen Taylor Fine Art
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Villa Negroni
Date
c.1753-54
Medium
Black chalk heightened with white on blue-grey laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 170 x 200 mm
Imperial: 6 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.
Collection
Karen Taylor Fine Art, London
Wilson Online Reference
D423
Provenance
John Bulloch Souter (1890-1972); thence by descent; Dominic Winter Auctioneers, 13 March 2025 (46); Karen Taylor Fine Art, London
Signature/inscription
Inscribed by the artist lower left: Villa Negroni
Verso inscriptions
Upper left corner, pencil in a later hand: 'by R. Wilson' (inverted)
Subject
In the late 16th century Pope Sixtus V (1521-1590), while still a cardinal, bought a large estate and villa in the northern part of Rome. In 1696 it was sold to Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Negroni and became known as Villa Negroni. The villa was demolished in the 19th century.
Related Drawings
D149 A Wayside Hut, Villa Negroni,The British Museum
D230 Villa Negroni, Private Collection, England
D404 Villa Negroni, Rome, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Related Works by Other Artists
John Henderson (1764-1843): Villa Negroni, The British Museum (contained in album 1880,0911.1480-1575).
Critical commentary
This drawing would appear to date from c.1753-54 and is similar in format to D404 (Stuart Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas). On the reverse is a sketch of rocks and foliage.
More Information
The Scottish painter, sculptor and printmaker John Bulloch Souter was born in Aberdeen. He won the Byrne Travelling Scholarship and as a student made a continental tour funded by the Scottish Education Department, when he visited European collections and developed a taste for the Old Masters. He is best known for his Jazz Age paintings and as a portraitist.
Updated by Compiler
2025-05-21 00:00:00