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    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini

    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    Tate, London 2014
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini
    Date
    1751 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk and graphite on white laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 180 x 263 mm
    Imperial: 7 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.
    Collection
    Tate, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    T09277
    Wilson Online Reference
    D41
    Exhibited
    Tercentenary 2014 (46)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent to Captain Richard Ford; his sale, Christie's, 17 June 1929 (12 - A Study of a Bridge) bought with three others in two mounts by Parsons (£27.6s.); A.P. Oppé; purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Subject
    The Ponte d'Augusto, built by the Emperor Augustus, leads out of Rimini near the triumphal arch, also dedicated to him, across the River Marecchia, to the ancient Via Emilia, linking Rimini and Bologna. (Cf. D43 The Arch of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England).
    Related Drawings
    D43 The Arch of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England
    D46 The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
    Related Prints
    E38 Joseph Farington, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, 1776, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven and other impressions
    Related Paintings
    P82 Private Collection, Yorkshire
    P82C Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    P82A Dunedin Art Gallery, New Zealand
    Critical commentary
    This is one of a series of drawings made by Wilson during his journey from Venice to Rome during the winter of 1751 in the company of William Lock and Thomas Jenkins. Another drawing of the bridge showing two arches is in a private collection, England (see 'Related Drawings'). Lock acquired both drawings from the artist. Wilson painted several versions of the view himself and it was repeated by others.
    Bibliography
    Ford 1951, pp. 34, 52, pl. 7; Wilson and Europe, p. 239

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

    Prints

    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, The British Museum
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, The British Museum
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821) after Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Royal Academy of Arts, London

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, England

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Private Collection, Yorkshire
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Bridge of Augustus at Rimini (Roman Bridge at Rimini), Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
    • Ascribed to Wilson, Bridge of Augustus at Rimini, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

    Exhibitions

    • New Haven, Yale Center for British Art & Cardiff, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, 6 March - 29 October 2014

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
    • Adolf Paul Oppé (1878-1957)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Captain Richard Ford (1860-1940)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson
    • Martin Postle & Robin Simon, Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting
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