Palada

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Palada

Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

Palada

Date

c.1750-51 (undated)

Medium

Black chalk

Dimensions

Metric: 172 x 203 mm
Imperial: 6 3/4 x 8 in.

Collection

Private Collection, England

Accession Number

RF71

Wilson Online Reference

D50

Exhibited

Exeter 1946 (37); Birmingham 1948-49 (105)

Provenance

William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent

Signature/inscription

Inscribed in the artist's hand at the lower centre: Palada

Subject

If this is intended as Palata, the site is on the eastern coast of Italy in the region of Molise, between Pescara and Foggia and east of Rome. However, Robin Simon has proposed the site as the Rio della Palada on the Giudecca, Venice.

Critical commentary

If Simon's identification is correct the church in the left background could be Sant' Eufemia, although a drawing by Canaletto of c.1730 shows that it then had a taller tower with a spire.

Bibliography

Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 70, RF 71

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