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    The Falls at Tivoli

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    The Falls at Tivoli
    The Falls at Tivoli
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Falls at Tivoli
    Date
    c.1753-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Blue wash with black chalk, stump and white gouache on moderately thick, rough blued-white laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured cream laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 235 x 359 mm
    Imperial: 9 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.4302
    Wilson Online Reference
    D244
    Description
    The viewpoint is from the north bank of the River Anio/Aniene, low down in the gorge, looking up at the main torrent of the Cascatelli Grandi, with the town of Tivoli above. The cascade and the Temple of the Sibyl are out of the composition to the left around a curve in the river but the Villa of Maecenas is visible on top of the ridge at the right.
    Exhibited
    London, Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, 96th Annual Exhibition of Water-Colours and Drawings, 3-22 Feb 1969; New Haven 1981 (97)
    Provenance
    Perhaps H.S. Reitlinger; ?Sotheby's 27 January 1954, The H.S. Reitlinger Collection Part II (257) [...] acquired 1977
    Related Drawings
    D293 View of Tivoli, Private Collection, England
    Related Prints
    E56 Anonymous after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
    E75 Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, The British Museum (1879,0614.318)
    E75A Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, The British Museum (1863,0725.629)
    E75B Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, The British Museum (1850,1014.148)
    E75C Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    E76 Charles Turner after Wilson, View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    Related Paintings
    P44 Tivoli, the Cascatellie Grande and the Villa of Maecenas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
    P44A View of Tivoli: The Cascatelle and the Villa of Maecenas, Dulwich Picture Gallery
    P44B The Cascatelli of Tivoli and Villa of Maecenas, Private Collection, North America
    P142B Tivoli: The Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna - I, Tate, London
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] Jacob Philipp Hackert, View of the Cascata Grande at Tivoli, 1769, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
    [2] Francis Towne, Cascade at Tivoli, watercolour, 1781, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 14146
    Condition/Conservation
    Dimensions of mount: 273 x 397 mm (10 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
    Updated by Compiler
    2016-12-13 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • The Falls at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven

    Prints

    • Anonymous after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
    • Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, The British Museum
    • Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, The British Museum
    • Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, The British Museum
    • Charles Turner after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Charles Turner after Wilson, View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Tivoli: The Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna - I, Tate, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Tivoli, the Cascatellie Grande and the Villa of Maecenas (View of Tivoli with Rome in the Distance), National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), View of Tivoli: The Cascatelle and the Villa of Maecenas, Dulwich Picture Gallery
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Cascatelli of Tivoli and Villa of Maecenas, Private Collection, North America

    Exhibitions

    • New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, 29 July - 20 September 1981

    Biographies

    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
    • Henry Scipio Reitlinger (1882-1950)
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