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    A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - II)

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    A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - II)
    A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - II)
    A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - II)
    Tate, London 2014
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - II)
    Date
    After 1764 (undated)
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 44.5 x 54.6 cm
    Imperial: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
    Collection
    Tate, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    N02647
    Wilson Online Reference
    P97A
    Description
    An Italianate rural landscape, with a high foreground overlooking a wide river with a fallen tree trunk to the left and a boy fishing with a seated girl and her baby to the right. In the middle distance is a broad stretch of water with a rocky cliff in the background to the right, surmounted by a castle. There is a shallow bank to the left, with hazy plains and mountains in the distance. The delicate light, conveyed through soft colouring, is reflected in the river and enhances the sense of space.
    Exhibited
    Cardiff, Manchester and London, 2003-4 (15 - River View, On the Arno)
    Provenance
    Bequeathed by George Salting, 1910; transferred to the Tate in 1919
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Techniques and materials
    There are pentimenti round the castle, upper right
    Related Prints
    E72/9 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, View in Italy, The British Museum (1854,0708.66) and other impressions
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    A version was offered at Bonhams, Knightsbridge sale 29 April 2015 (217)
    Critical commentary
    Wilson spent much of the 1750s in Italy and produced paintings of Italian scenes for the rest of his life. However, he also painted views of his native Wales and it is sometimes difficult to be sure, as with this painting, whether he meant to evoke the Arno, the Po, the Tiber or the Dee valley. The composition is similar to that found in many of his views, combining topographical detail, often studied in North Wales and Cheshire, with some artistic licence. There are many surviving versions of this picture, an archetypal 'good breeder'.
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 214, under pl. 100b; Sumner & Smith 2003, p. 125 repr.
    Condition/Conservation
    Diimensions framed: 66.2 x 76.5 cm (26 x 30 1/16 in.)

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, View in Italy, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)and Studio, A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - II), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - II), Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - II), Private Collection, England

    Exhibitions

    • National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and National Gallery, London, 21 May 2003 - 15 February 2004

    Biographies

    • George Salting (1835-1909)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Ann Sumner & Greg Smith eds., Thomas Jones (1742-1803): An Artist rediscovered
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