Study for 'Cicero and his Friends'

Study for 'Cicero and his Friends'
Study for 'Cicero and his Friends'
Study for 'Cicero and his Friends'
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Study for 'Cicero and his Friends'
Date
c.1769-70 (undated)
Medium
Black, white and brightly coloured chalks on greyish paper
Dimensions
Metric: 205 x 236 mm
Imperial: 8 x 9 1/4 in.
Accession Number
WA1855.145
Wilson Online Reference
D371
Provenance
Chambers Hall Gift, 1855
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Techniques and materials
The use of colour is unusual and delicate. It is a pity that the surface is rubbed.
Collectors' marks
[1] Lower left corner: Chambers Hall (Lugt 551)
Related Drawings
D178 Arpinum, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Related Prints
E45 William Woollett after Wilson, Cicero at his Villa, The British Museum and other impressions
Related Paintings
P162 Cicero and his two Friends, Atticus and Quintus, at his Villa at Arpinum, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
P162A Cicero with his Friend Atticus and Brother Quintus at his Villa at Arpinum, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
P162B Cicero, Atticus and Quintus at his Villa at Arpinum, Private Collection, London
Critical commentary
Apparently a preparatory drawing for P162 and P162A
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
1902
Bibliography
WGC, p. 169, pl. 27c; Solkin 1978, p. 410, pl. 26a; Brown 1982, pp. 665-66, no. 1902, pl. 551
More Information
From the evidence of the hats, there are two figures in modern dress, with backs to the spectator, looking out across the water.
Updated by Compiler
2016-08-26 00:00:00