Strada Nomentana - II

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Strada Nomentana - II
Strada Nomentana - II
Strada Nomentana - II
The Trustees of the British Museum
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Artist
Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson
Title
In the Strada Nomentana
Date
1776
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Metric: 172 x 255 mm
Imperial: 6 3/4 x 10 in.
Accession Number
1863,0725.624
Wilson Online Reference
E39B
Description
Landscape dominated by a ruined building with an arched lower section to the left of a pool. There is a figure with two children and a dog on the bank to the right and two other figures can be seen on a path winding through a field in the distance towards a coppice.
Provenance
John Kalergi (d. 1863); his sale, Sotheby's 24-25 July 1863; bt through Edward Daniell, 53 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square, London, 1863
Signature/inscription
Lettered below image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del', 'J. Farington sc.'
Related Prints
E72/23 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, View on the Strada Nomentana in Italy, The British Museum (1854,0708.80) and other impressions
Versions
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Related Paintings
P105 Strada Nomentana - II Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, BORGM 02383 (Lady Ford's painting)
P105A Strada Nomentana - II (View on the Strada Nomentana) (Classical Landscape, Strada Nomentana), National Museum Wales, Cardiff
P105B Strada Nomentana - II (View on the Strada Nomentana), Magdalen College, Oxford
Bibliography
Edwards 1808, p. 88