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    Landscape with a Palace at the Summit of a Mountain

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    Landscape with a Palace at the Summit of a Mountain
    Landscape with a Palace at the Summit of a Mountain
    Landscape with a Palace at the Summit of a Mountain
    Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Landscape with a Palace at the Summit of a Mountain
    Date
    c.1752-54 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper prepared with distemper colour and laid down on modern cream paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 240 x 350 mm
    Imperial: 9 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.
    Collection
    Victoria & Albert Museum, London. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    DYCE.656
    Wilson Online Reference
    D165
    Description
    A palace with a prominent turret appears at the summit of a mountain on the left, from which a cascade descends. There are three figures under a large umbrella or parasol - two Grand Tourists and a servant - admiring the scene in the foreground and three other figures may be seen in the middle distance.
    Provenance
    Paul Sandby [...] bequeathed by the Revd Alexander Dyce 1869
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; inscribed in black ink lower right corner: 656
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower left corner: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112)
    Related Drawings
    D292 View of Tivoli, Private Collection
    Critical commentary
    Perhaps drawn at Tivoli
    Bibliography
    DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce, London : South Kensington Museum, 1874

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    • View of Tivoli, Private Collection

    Biographies

    • The Revd Alexander Dyce (1798-1869)
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