The Piazza del Populo, Rome

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The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

The Piazza del Populo, Rome

Date

c.1752-56 (undated)

Medium

Black chalk with stump and white highlights: roundel on square grey paper

Dimensions

Metric: 125 x 115 mm; image: 105 mm diameter
Imperial: 4 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.; image: 4 1/8 in. diameter

Collection

The Courtauld Gallery, London. To license image, click here.

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2065

Wilson Online Reference

D198

Exhibited

Oxford 1937 (26 - one of three on one mount)

Provenance

Paul Sandby; Dr John Percy, F.R.S. (1817-1889), Gloucester Crescent, Bayswater, London; his sale, Christie's 15-17 & 22-23 April 1890 (1398 - Three Italian Landscapes, bt Dowdeswell, £1.4s.); H.S. Theobald; Sotheby's 13 May 1925 (219 - three on one mount), bt Sir Robert Clermont Witt; Witt Bequest 1952

Signature/inscription

Unsigned; no inscription

Collectors' marks

[1] Recto lower left: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112)
[2] Recto lower left corner: Dr J. Percy (Lugt 1504)
[3] Verso lower left corner: Sir Robert Witt

Critical commentary

One of three circular drawings sold in one mount in 1925

Previous Cat/Ref Nos

2065

Condition/Conservation

Much spotting, most marked outside drawn circle

Updated by Compiler

2022-10-20 00:00:00

The Piazza del Populo, Rome

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