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    Grotto [sic] del Cane, Lago d' Agnano, near Naples

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    Grotto [sic] del Cane, Lago d' Agnano, near Naples
    Grotto [sic] del Cane, Lago d' Agnano, near Naples
    Grotto [sic] del Cane, Lago d' Agnano, near Naples
    Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Grotto [sic] del Cane, Lago d' Agnano, near Naples
    Date
    c.1752 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, heightened with white on grey paper stuck down at the corner on old card
    Dimensions
    Metric: 256 x 399 mm
    Imperial: 10 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.
    Collection
    Victoria & Albert Museum, London. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    DYCE.639
    Wilson Online Reference
    D160
    Description
    The Lago d'Agnano is on the right, with buildings on its banks at the foot of a mountain. Two men stand in the middle ground, apparently pointing at something in the water.
    Provenance
    Bequeathed by the Revd Alexander Dyce 1869
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; inscribed lower right in black ink: 639
    Collectors' marks
    Stamp, centre of old mount in mauve ink: V.A.M.
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Pencil upper centre of old mount in old hand: Grotto Del cane R. Wilson R.A.
    Mount inscriptions
    Inscribed in pencil on support mount, lower right: 298
    Related Paintings
    P48 Victoria & Albert Museum
    P48A Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    DG 7
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 191 under pl. 63b
    Condition/Conservation
    Faintly drawn. Small repaired damages lower right and right upper edges.

    Work of Art

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Lago d'Agnano, near Naples II, Victoria & Albert Museum
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Lago d'Agnano with the Grotta del Cane II, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

    Biographies

    • The Revd Alexander Dyce (1798-1869)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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