Venus and Satyr

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Venus and Satyr

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

Venus and Satyr

Date

c.1752 (undated)

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Metric: 48.3 x 62.9 cm [unseen]
Imperial: 19 x 24 3/4 in. [unseen]

Collection

Location Unknown

Wilson Online Reference

P41

Provenance

Painted in Rome for Ralph Howard (1727-1789; Viscount Wicklow from 1785); by descent to William Cecil James, 8th Earl of Wicklow, Shelton Abbey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland; Sotheby's London, 23 October 1950 (1600 - Venus and Satire by Coypel); bt Father D.J. Lucey; Sotheby's 1 December 1954 (144), bt Burfitt

Critical commentary

One of Wilson's two first and only nudes as such (see also P40). Both were painted at a time when Wilson was influenced by Titian.

Bibliography

Ford May 1951, p. 166, fig. 21; WGC, pl. 16b; Clark & Bowron 1985, p. 255 under cat. 165; Wilson and Europe 2014, p. 58, fig. 50

Link to WG Constable Archive Record

WGC/1/1/19

Updated by Compiler

30/04/2020

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