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    Rome from the Villa Madama

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    Rome from the Villa Madama
    Rome from the Villa Madama
    Rome from the Villa Madama
    Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Rome from the Villa Madama
    Date
    Undated
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 42.8 x 52.7 cm
    Imperial: 16 13/16 x 20 3/4 in.
    Collection
    Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    A987
    Wilson Online Reference
    P56A
    Description
    The view is from the gardens of the Villa Madama on the slopes of Monte Mario. The Villa itself is seen only in part on the right and beyond it is the dome of St Peter's on the skyline. The River Tiber meanders through the composition leading the eye to the Alban Hills in the distance, beyond the city of Rome.
    Exhibited
    London 1925 (25 - View of Rome; Manchester 1925 (36); London, Colnaghi, February - March 1962, Madan Collection (7)
    Provenance
    Col. M.H. Grant; with Leggatt, London, 1927; bequeathed by Francis Faber Madan, 1962
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Painted in black on frame lower right: No 18q
    Labels
    [1] Verso of frame circular upper left: c HAB | II.
    [2] Verso of frame upper centre: F.F. Madan Esq | Richard Wilson
    [3] Verso on vertical stretcher, inverted: [printed:] City of Manchester | [black ink:] 18 Sep
    Related Drawings
    D225 The Villa Madama, Rome, with a Man seated in the Foreground, Private Collection, England
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Critical commentary
    This painting is more freely executed, of lighter mood and includes fewer incidental details than the other versions; also the viewpoint is from further to the left and nearer to the river. For these reasons and in view of its smaller size it may have been a modello, submitted for the client's approval.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    WA1962.17.29
    18q
    Bibliography
    Bury 1947, p. 72; WGC, pp. 218-19 under pl. 107 a, b (version 4); Solkin 2015, pp. 212-13
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/125
    More Information
    As noted in Solkin 2015, Wilson was the only British landscapist with direct experience of the fabled sites of Roman Antiquity until the return of William Marlow from Europe in 1766.
    Condition/Conservation
    Relined. Extensive craquelure, which appears in-painted in places. Varnish is thick, even, glossy and discoloured (yellowed).
    Updated by Compiler
    2021-02-16 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • The Villa Madama, Rome, with a Man seated in the Foreground, Private Collection, England

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Rome from the Villa Madama (Distant View of Rome from Monte Mario), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Rome from the Villa Madama, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven

    Additional Images

    • Contemporary Location Photograph of Rome from the Villa Madama,

    Exhibitions

    • London, National Gallery, Millbank (Tate Gallery), 26 June - 30 September 1925
    • Manchester City Art Gallery, 22 October - 5 December 1925

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Adrian Bury, Richard Wilson, R.A.: The Grand Classic
    • David Solkin, Art in Britain 1660-1815
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