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    Distant View of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine, Rome

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    Distant View of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine, Rome
    Distant View of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine, Rome
    Distant View of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine, Rome
    National Galleries of Scotland / Photography by Antonia Reeve
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Distant View of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine, Rome
    Date
    1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk and stump on grey paper, laid down
    Dimensions
    Metric: 128 x 190 mm
    Imperial: 5 x 7 1/2 in.
    Collection
    National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. To license images click here.
    Accession Number
    D 4658
    Wilson Online Reference
    D277
    Description
    A view of the Colosseum, the left side in shadow, is framed by a large tree in the left foreground and a distant view of the Forum and Rome to the right. Two figures in antique costume are walking in discussion towards the viewer in the centre foreground and three others appear to the left under the tree. In the right foreground are a fragment of antique frieze and a smaller tree.
    Exhibited
    London 1916 (58 - Landscape Composition)
    Provenance
    Herbert Horne ; acquired by Edward Marsh, 1904; presented through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1953, from the collection of Sir Edward Marsh
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned, no inscription
    Labels
    The artist's name and dates and the title of the work are inscribed on an early 20th century label which was presumably adhered to the verso and is now attached to its modern mount.
    Subject
    The Colosseum (72-80 AD) is seen from the north-east, with the Arch of Constantine (312-15 AD) in the middle distance to its right and beyond, further to the right, the Palatine Hill. The direction of the light indicates that the time is evening.
    Related Drawings
    D205 A View of the Colosseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    Critical commentary
    A slight compositional study from Wilson's period in Rome
    Bibliography
    Binyon 1916, p. 28; Baker 2011, p. 413
    Condition/Conservation
    Some disfiguration by foxing
    Updated by Compiler
    2021-03-18 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • A View of the Colosseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Colosseum, Rome with Figures in the Foreground,

    Exhibitions

    • London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1916

    Biographies

    • Sir Edward Howard Marsh (1872-1953)
    • Herbert Horne (1864-1916)

    Documents

    • Christopher Baker, English Drawings and Watercolours 1600-1900, National Gallery of Scotland
    • Laurence Binyon, Exhibition of the Herbert Horne Collection of Drawings
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