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    Roman Campagna with Peasants dancing

    Roman Campagna with Peasants dancing
    Roman Campagna with Peasants dancing
    Roman Campagna with Peasants dancing
    The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. III, 40
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Roman Campagna with Peasants dancing
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, heightened with white chalk on grey paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 289 x 413 mm
    Imperial: 11 3/8 x 16 1/4 in. 11 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.
    Collection
    The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, New York. To license image, click here.
    Wilson Online Reference
    D214
    Description
    In the foreground two peasants dance while another reclines at a fallen tree trunk nearby on which sits a fourth, playing a violin. In the background are city buildings.
    Provenance
    Dr. Thomas Monro; his sale, London, Christie’s, 1 July 1833, possibly part of lot 140; William Esdaile (Lugt 2617); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Collectors' marks
    Inscribed by Esdaile at lower left in pen and black ink, '1bx' and at lower right, 'WE'; on verso at lower left, '1833 WE 1bx Dr. Monro’s sale' and at centre, 'Wilson'
    Related Paintings
    P177 River Mouth with Peasants dancing (Mediterranean Coastal Landscape at Dusk), Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek, Munich;
    P177A River Mouth with Peasants dancing, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
    Critical commentary
    The composition, especially the motif of dancing peasants, bears a general similarity to P177 and P177A
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 217, under pls. 104c, 105a

    Work of Art

    Paintings

    • River Mouth with Peasants dancing, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Neue Pinakothek, Munich
    • River Mouth with Peasants dancing, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

    Biographies

    • William Esdaile (1758-1837)
    • Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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