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Ariccia - I
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Ariccia - I
Date
c.1760 (undated)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Metric: 47.6 x 73 cm
Imperial: 18 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.
Details
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Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
BB15
Wilson Online Reference
P46A
Description
On the left a road runs uphill through a dark wood towards distant buildings. On the right are framing trees and a rocky outcrop with a cave below. Three figures are seen at its mouth and a prominent milestone stands to their left. A dead branch lies in the right foreground and the scene is set against a bright cloudy sky above.
Exhibited
BI 1814 (150 -
Cavern Scene
); BI 1851 (133): RA 1881; London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1888 (
La Riccia
);
London, Guildhall, 1902
Exhibition of a Selection of Works by French and British Painters of the Eighteenth Century
(44 -
Val d'Arria
); Brighton 1920 (14 -
View of La Riccia, near Rome
); Ipswich 1927 (9); Exeter 1946 (69); Rome 1959 (668); London 1968 (17); London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (89); Conwy 2009 (12); Weston 2011 (14); Gainsborough House 2014 (unnumbered)
Provenance
Sir William Chambers
; his sale Christie's 6 April 1799 (79);
Benjamin Booth
, thence by family descent
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Subject
Located between the lakes of Nemi and Albano on the Via Appia Nuova, south-east of Rome, Ariccia was celebrated for its groves, thought to have been the hunting-grounds of the goddess Diana. The area was a haunt of Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675) and this work reflects his style. The view was described by Benjamin Booth as 'Marble Caverns at Lerici' (Doc. 8) and 'Marble Quarries at La Riccia & Convent' (Doc. 9)
Related Drawings
D224
View at Ariccia, near Albano
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
D282
A Church at Ariccia
, Private Collection, England
D282A
Landscape near Rome
, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
D326
Ariccia near Rome
, The British Museum (1881,0212.24)
Related Prints
E72/11 Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
View of Lareci near Rome
, The British Museum (1854,0708.68) and other impressions
Versions
See 'Links' tab
Related Paintings
P87
Ariccia - II
, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire
Related Works by Other Artists
Gaspard Dughet,
Landscape in the Roman Campagna
, c.1670, probably in Corsini collection, Rome, by 1787. National Gallery, London (NG 68)
Critical commentary
David Solkin has noted that the handling in this painting typifies the highly-finished, rather small-scale cabinet pictures that Wilson produced within the first five years or so after his return to England. Gareth Williams has commented that in its exploration of the effects of foliage and light, this painting prefigures Italian-inspired paintings such as P114
Solitude
, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery; also later English works such as P182
View of the Wilderness in St. James's Park
, Yale Center for British Art.
Bibliography
Booth Notes Doc. 8, p. 2; Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (38); Fletcher 1908, p. 179; Ipswich 1927, p. 39; WGC, p. 193, pl. 67b; Solkin 1982, p. 203; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 15; Lord 2009, p. 53, no. 12; Williams 2011, p. 25, repr.
Updated by Compiler
2021-02-09 00:00:00
Work of Art
Drawings
View at Ariccia, near Albano
, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
A Church at Ariccia
, Private Collection, England
Landscape near Rome
, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Ariccia near Rome
, The British Museum
Prints
Thomas Hastings after Wilson,
View of Lareci near Rome
, The British Museum
Versions
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Ariccia - I
, Tate, London
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Ariccia - I (La Riccia, near Albano, Italy)
, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Paintings
Ariccia - II
, Collection of the Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire
Exhibitions
London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983
Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, 24 October - 23 December 2009
Weston Park, The Granary Art Gallery, 2 April - 3 July 2011
London, Royal Academy, 14 December 1968 - 2 March 1969
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1959
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, 11 January - 31 May 2014
Ipswich Museum, 7 October - 5 November 1927
Biographies
Benjamin Booth (1732-1807)
Sir William Chambers (1722-1796)
The Revd Richard Salwey Booth (1762-1807)
Elizabeth Booth (1763-1819)
Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
Documents
William George Constable,
Richard Wilson
David Solkin,
Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
Peter Lord,
Richard Wilson. Life & Legacy
Brinsley Ford and other authors,
The Ford Collection
Gareth Williams,
Masterpieces from the Ford Collection
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 8: List of Wilson's Paintings and Works by Old Masters and other Artists in Booth's Collection
Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners