View of Mecaenas' Villa, Tivoli

View of Mecaenas' Villa, Tivoli
View of Mecaenas' Villa, Tivoli
View of Mecaenas' Villa, Tivoli
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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Artist
Charles Turner after Wilson
Title
View of Mecaenas' Villa, Tivoli
Date
Published 1 March 1829
Medium
Steel engraving on white laid paper
Dimensions
Metric: 225 x 264 mm
Imperial: 8 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.
Accession Number
NMW A 10921
Wilson Online Reference
E76
Description
In the left foreground, an artist is seated behind an easel and a woman is standing next to him. There is a waterfall beyond and a town on a wooded hilltop, with a large ruined building lower down the hill beyond. In the middle distance two figures are silhouetted against a valley. There are thick woods to the right and an extensive landscape in the distance.
Provenance
Purchased from Isaac John Williams 1917
Signature/inscription
Lettered below the image with the title, production and publication details: 'Painted by Richard Wilson. R.A.' | London, Published March 1st. 1829. by W.B Cooke, 9 Soho Square
Verso inscriptions
[1] Lower right. pencil:'a' [underlined]
[2] Lower right, pencil: NMWA 10921
Related Drawings
D224 The Falls at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
Related Prints
E75 Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, The British Museum and other impressions
Related Paintings
P44 Tivoli, the Cascatelle Grande and the Villa of Maecenas (View of Tivoli with Rome in the Distance), National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
P44A View of Tivoli: The Cascatelle and the Villa of Maecenas, Dulwich Picture Gallery
P44B The Cascatelle of Tivoli and Villa of Maecenas, Private Collection, North America
Critical commentary
E76 appears to be a later impression of E75-E75D. It is unrecorded in A. Whitman, Charles Turner, 1907.
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
17.111
1917.2
Condition/Conservation
Some discolouration and staining; missing lower right corner. One inscription erased.
Updated by Compiler
2018-02-01 00:00:00