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    Tivoli with the Temples of Vesta and the Sibyl and the Grand Cascade

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    Tivoli with the Temples of Vesta and the Sibyl and the Grand Cascade
    Tivoli with the Temples of Vesta and the Sibyl and the Grand Cascade
    Tivoli with the Temples of Vesta and the Sibyl and the Grand Cascade
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Tivoli with the Temples of Vesta and the Sibyl and the Grand Cascade
    Date
    c.1753-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black and white chalk on buff paperlack chalk heightened with whjite on ghreyu paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 252 x 187 mm
    Imperial: 9 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.
    Collection
    National Museum Wales, Cardiff. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    NMW A 5752
    Wilson Online Reference
    D217
    Description
    The view is from the bottom of the gorge, to the north-east of the town of Tivoli. The round Temple of Vesta and part of the Temple of the Sibyl behind it are seen to the right on a crest of the Aniene Gorge.
    Exhibited
    London, Cardiff and New Haven, 1982-83 (34)
    Provenance
    Joseph Farington, R.A.; Lady Ford; J. Deffett Francis; Thomas Woolner, R.A.; Sotheby's 20 December 1912; purchased from F.R. Meatyard 1919
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; Inscribed on old mount (see 'Mount inscriptions')
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Upper centre, pencil: This drawing belonged to Joseph Farrington [sic] | R.A. | who was a pupil of Richard Wilson's. It did belong to Lady Ford. Its genuineness is certified underneath by the initials of Farrington. | I have much gratification in begging my friend Thomas Woolner's R.A. acceptance of it. J. Deffett Francis
    [2] Upper centre, ink: Wilson
    [3] Lower centre. ink JF
    [4] Lower centre. ink: Bought at Sotheby's -Dec. 20.1912.10/- / RER
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Lower left, pencil: 658
    [2] Lower right, pencil: 3
    Subject
    Tivoli is about 20 kilometres from Rome, on the lower slopes of the Sabine Hills. Its finest ruin, the so-called Temple of Vesta (also known confusingly as the Temple of the Tiburtine Sibyl), is a circular building dating from the 1st century BC. Situated dramatically above the a precipice and cascade, it has been admired by artists since the 16th century because of its picturesque location and became a famous attraction for Grand Tourists. Wilson visited the town on several occasions.
    Related Drawings
    D280/10 Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 10(v) and 11(r): The Temples of Vesta and the Sibyl at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    Related Paintings
    P45 The Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
    Related Works by Other Artists
    [1] Francis Towne (1739-1816): Tivoli from below the Falls, with the Temple of Vesta, watercolour, 1781, The British Museum (Nn,3.6)
    Critical commentary
    This view is an elaborated and extended version of D280/10 Italian Sketchbook, p. 11(r). The viewpoint, however, does not relate directly to any known painting by Wilson.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    19.229
    Bibliography
    Cardiff 1961, pp. 12-13; Sutton & Clements 1968, p. 32, fig. 34; Solkin 1982, p.162; Spencer-Longhurst 2012, pp. 59-60, fig. 33
    Condition/Conservation
    Paper slightly discoloured. The drawing is mounted on an old line mount with gilt edging next to it.

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Italian Sketchbook - Drawings pp. 10(v) and 11(r): The Temples of Vesta and the Sibyl at Tivoli, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven

    Paintings

    • P45 The Temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

    Exhibitions

    • London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
    • Joseph Farington (1747-1821)
    • Frederick Meatyard (died c.1964)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Thomas Woolner, R.A. (1825-1892)

    Documents

    • David Solkin, Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
    • Paul Spencer-Longhurst, 'All the Quality of his Pictures except the Colour': Richard Wilson's Drawings as Collectors' Items
    • Denys Sutton & Ann Clements, An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, RA: Drawings made by the Artist in Rome and its Environs in the Year 1754
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