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    Shepherd seated under a Tree

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    Shepherd seated under a Tree
    Shepherd seated under a Tree
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Shepherd seated under a Tree
    Date
    c.1753 (undated)
    Medium
    Brown and white chalk and stump on medium, rough-textured, blue laid paper mounted on thick, cream laid paper of moderate texture
    Dimensions
    Metric: 402 x 251 mm
    Imperial: 15 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.
    Collection
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven. To license images click here
    Accession Number
    B1977.14.4163
    Wilson Online Reference
    D216
    Exhibited
    National Gallery of Art, Washington DC., 1962, English Drawings and Water Colors from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon (99); Richmond 1963 (56); Yale Center for British Art 1977, 50 Beautiful Drawings (10)
    Provenance
    Sir Malcolm D. Eccles; P.& D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, March 1961; bt Paul Mellon; passed to the Yale Center for British Art 1977
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned, no inscription
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Modern pencil: 432 & A22962 FX
    Critical commentary
    Probably drawn on the spot. By adding the little figure of the shepherd Wilson gives the scene a pastoral touch and a sense of scale, emphasising its duel roles as not only a study after nature but also a nascent classical composition.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Object ID: 13881
    Bibliography
    Taylor 1963, cat. 56; Yale Selected Paintings 1977, p. 54, repr.
    Condition/Conservation
    Dimensions mounted: 457 x 305 mm (18 x 12 in.)
    Updated by Compiler
    2017-12-14 00:00:00

    Exhibitions

    • Richmond Va., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1963

    Biographies

    • Paul Mellon (1907-1999)

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    • Paul Mellon & others, Selected Paintings Drawings and Books
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