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    The Falls of Tivoli

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    The Falls of Tivoli
    The Falls of Tivoli
    The Falls of Tivoli
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    Artist
    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    The Falls of Tivoli
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Graphite and brown wash, heightened with white, with pen and brown ink on brownish paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 269 x 413 mm
    Imperial: 10 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1873,1213.129
    Wilson Online Reference
    D98A
    Description
    The falls of Tivoli are shown with buildings and trees on either side, apparently viewed from the Ponte San Rocco, looking across the torrent and emphasising the beauty and power of the surging water. The town of Tivoli lies beyond and the cathedral with its tower to left of the centre.
    Provenance
    Donated by John Deffett Francis, December 1873
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    Verso invisible as paper laid down
    Related Drawings
    D98 Wilson, View of Tivoli, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] Jacob Philipp Hackert, View of the Cascata Grande at Tivoli, 1769, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
    [2] Joseph Denis (1755-1813), The Cascades at Tivoli with an Artist sketching, Gere Collection, on loan to the National Gallery, London
    Critical commentary
    The use of wash is highly unusual for Wilson and in view of this and the rough and uneven handling of the drawing it may have been added by another hand over a graphite composition by Wilson. Alternatively, the entire drawing may be by another hand altogether.The view was in any case a popular one with Wilson, his contemporaries and successors (cf P98A View of Tivoli, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford).
    Bibliography
    Binyon 15
    Location featured in work
    Waterfall at Tivoli near Rome

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), View of Tivoli, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) View of Tivoli (Tivoli and the Great Cascade), Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)

    Documents

    • Laurence Binyon, Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin working in Great Britain preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
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