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    In the Villa Adriana

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    In the Villa Adriana
    In the Villa Adriana
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    Artist
    Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801) after Wilson
    Title
    In the Villa Adriana
    Date
    1776 (undated)
    Medium
    Etching
    Dimensions
    Metric: 255 x 181 mm
    Imperial: 10 x 7 1/8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1878,1228.168
    Wilson Online Reference
    E42C
    Description
    A house is depicted built on top of Roman brick arches with two figures in the centre foreground. There are goats beneath the arch and a figure on the balcony above, with washing hanging and a stream to the right.
    Provenance
    Bequeathed by John Henderson, 3 Montague Street, Russell Square, London, 1878
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image with title and production detail: 'R. Wilson del', 'M. Rooker sc.'
    Subject
    The precise location has recently been identified by Jonathan Yarker as the West Belvedere in the park of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, with a farmhouse above built by Sebastiano Soliardi.
    Related Drawings
    D170 The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
    D170A Hadrian's Villa, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P138 The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Tate, London
    P138A The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, North America
    P138B The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    P138C Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
    P138E Studio of Wilson, The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Magdalen College, Oxford
    NWP138F Ascribed to Wilson, The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, England
    P138G The West Belvedere, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, USA
    P138HThe West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Old Westbury Gardens, New York
    Related Works by Other Artists
    Thomas Girtin, In the Villa Adriana, watercolour,1794, The Britisih Museum (1878,1228.36.+)
    Bibliography
    Edwards 1808, p. 88; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 324 - an impression
    Condition/Conservation
    State before publication line

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Part of the Ruins of Hadrian's Villa), Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Hadrian's Villa, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

    Versions

    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson, In the Villa Adriana (from Twelve Original Views in Italy), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson, In the Villa Adriana, The British Museum
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson, In the Villa Adriana, The British Museum
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson, In the Villa Adriana, Royal Academy of Arts, London
    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)after Wilson, In the Villa Adriana, National Museum Wales, Cardiff

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (View in the Ruins of Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli), Tate, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa), Private Collection, North America
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
    • Studio of Wilson, The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (The Ruins of Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli), Magdalen College, Oxford
    • Studio of Wilson, The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa), Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The West Belvedere, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, USA
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The West Belvedere at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa), Old Westbury Gardens, New York

    Biographies

    • Michael 'Angelo' Rooker (1746-1801)

    Documents

    • Martin Postle & Robin Simon, Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting
    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
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