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    Artist
    Studio of Wilson
    Title
    The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli (Ruins at the Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli)
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 46.8 x 37.8 cm
    Imperial: 18 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.
    Collection
    Magdalen College, Oxford. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    P0805
    Wilson Online Reference
    P137C
    Description
    The scene features one of the vast arcaded galleries of what was thought at the time to be the ruined Villa of Maecenas. To the right a monk directs a well-dressed lady carrying papers towards a small archway. On the left a river winds its way behind a poplar or cypress tree. The shadows fall sharply from the upper left.
    Provenance
    Col. M.H. Grant; bt by Col. R.H.R. Brocklebank, November 1946; bequeathed to Magdalen College by Col. Brocklebank 1965
    Techniques and materials
    Clouds are very blobby and fluffy. The foliage is general and impastoed. The figures are on a tiny scale and heavily impastoed. The painting of the arches is quite clumsy. The horizon line is dropped satisfactorily to the right of the tree.
    Subject
    In 1955 the building was considered to be the Temple of Hercules (Journal of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies X, 1920, p. 20, cited by Brocklebank, loc. cit.)
    Related Drawings
    D130 Wilson, The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, The British Museum
    Related Prints
    E43 M.A. Rooker after Wilson, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    E43A M.A. Rooker after Wilson, Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, The British Museum
    E43B M.A. Rooker after Wilson, Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, The British Museum
    E43C M.A. Rooker after Wilson, Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    E43D M.A. Rooker after Wilson,Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    E43E M.A. Rooker after Wilson, Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    E88 Prior after Wilson, Ruins in Italy, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    Pendant P138E The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Magdalen College, Oxford
    Critical commentary
    The picture and its pendant are fairly rare examples of upright landscapes by Wilson
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Sotheby's Reference No. 792
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 201 under pl. 81a (3): H. Brocklebank, A Turn or two I'll walk to still my beating Mind: Commentary on a Private Collection, London, 1955, p. 53 repr.
    Condition/Conservation
    Relined and has layer of discoloured varnish

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, The British Museum

    Prints

    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801), after Wilson, Twelve Etchings of Views in Italy - Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801), after Wilson, Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, The British Museum
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801), after Wilson, Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, The British Museum
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801), after Wilson, Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801), after Wilson, Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801), after Wilson, Villa of Mæcenas at Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • T.A. Prior after Wilson, Ruins in Italy, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Part of Mecenas' Villa at Tivoli, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Study at Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, Tate, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
    • Studio of Wilson, Villa of Maecenas, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, Private Collection, England

    Biographies

    • Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hugh Royds Brocklebank (1881-1965)
    • Colonel Maurice Harold Grant (1872-1962)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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