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    View at Ariccia, near Albano

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    View at Ariccia, near Albano
    View at Ariccia, near Albano
    View at Ariccia, near Albano
    Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    View at Ariccia, near Albano
    Date
    c.1753 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk on faded blue paper, laid down on cream laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 252 x 327 mm
    Imperial: 9 15/16 x 12 7/8 in.
    Collection
    Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. To license images click here.
    Accession Number
    PD.19-1953
    Wilson Online Reference
    D224
    Description
    The Chigi Palace may perhaps be discerned in the background behind the trees. To the right is a watchtower and before it a shepherd and his flock.
    Provenance
    Paul Sandby; William Esdaile; Sir Edward Marsh; bequeathed through the National Art Collections Fund, 1953
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned, no inscription
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower left corner.: Paul Sandby (Lugt 2112 )
    [2] Lower right corner: William Esdaile (Lugt 2617)
    Subject
    Located between the lakes of Nemi and Albano on the Via Appia Nuova, southeast of Rome, Ariccia was celebrated for its groves, thought to have been the hunting-grounds of the goddess Diana. The area had been a haunt of Wilson's admired Roman predecessor, Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675).
    Related Drawings
    D261 Ariccia, Tate, London
    D282 A Church at Ariccia, Private Collection, England
    D326 Ariccia near Rome, The British Museum (1881,0212.24)
    D335 La Riccia (Ariccia), The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Ariccia, Tate, London
    • A Church at Ariccia, Private Collection, England
    • Ariccia near Rome, The British Museum (1881,0212.24)
    • La Riccia (Ariccia), The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

    Biographies

    • William Esdaile (1758-1837)
    • Paul Sandby (c.1730-1809)
    • Sir Edward Howard Marsh (1872-1953)
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