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    Italian Landscape with Three-Arched Bridge

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    Italian Landscape with Three-Arched Bridge
    Italian Landscape with Three-Arched Bridge
    Italian Landscape with Three-Arched Bridge
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Italian Landscape with Three-Arched Bridge
    Date
    c.1752 (undated)
    Medium
    Graphite and black chalk on blued-white, medium, moderately-textured laid paper mounted on cream, smooth, moderately thick wove paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 200 x 282 mm
    Imperial: 7 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.4720
    Wilson Online Reference
    D94
    Description
    A three-arched bridge crosses a river in the middle distance, surmounted by a tower-like bridge house. Silhouetted immediately below is an angler, with two more in the foreground, right. On the left the seated figure may be intended as an artist drawing. In the background are hills, poplars and other trees.
    Exhibited
    Tate 1925 (96 - Bridge over the Anio); Manchester 1925 (42 - Bridge over the Anio); New Haven, English Landscape, 1977 (14)
    Provenance
    Captain Richard Ford; Christie's 17 June 1929 (6); E. Parsons (15 guineas); Thomas Lowinsky; Justin Lowinsky; P. & D. Colnaghi, London; bt by Paul Mellon, February 1963
    Signature/inscription
    Signed with initials below seated figure, left (?): RW; no inscription
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Lower left corner, recto: 'TEL' in circle: Thomas Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
    Critical commentary
    When exhibited in 1925 the river was identified as the Anio, which runs east from Tivoli. The bridge does not recur in any other work by the artist and may be imaginary. Details such as the particular attention paid to the reflections in the water suggest that this is a finished compositional study. The relatively simple technique and the use of white paper may indicate that it was executed early in the artist's Roman stay.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 14325
    Bibliography
    New Haven, English Landscape, 1977, p. 10, pl. LIII
    Condition/Conservation
    Mounted on old lined mount, dimensions: 257 x 316 mm (10 1/8 x 12 7/16 in.)
    Updated by Compiler
    2017-11-22 00:00:00

    Exhibitions

    • London, National Gallery, Millbank (Tate Gallery), 26 June - 30 September 1925
    • New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, 19 April - 17 July 1977

    Biographies

    • Thomas Lowinsky (1892-1947)
    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)
    • Captain Richard Ford (1860-1940)

    Documents

    • Christopher White, English Landscape 1630-1850: Drawings, Prints & Books from the Paul Mellon Collection
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