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    A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I

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    A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I
    A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I
    A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Felton Bequest)
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson and Studio
    Title
    A Summer Evening (On the Arno) - I
    Date
    Undated
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 47.5 x 63 cm
    Imperial: 18 11/16 x 24 13/16 in.
    Collection
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    480-2
    Wilson Online Reference
    P96E
    Exhibited
    Worcestershire 1882
    Provenance
    1882 recorded at Perdiswell Park, Worcester, [then the residence of Henry Walker (d. 1911), a prosperous manufacturer, and his family]; Shepherd Gallery, London; acquired on the advice of Frank Gibson for the Felton Bequest (Felton Bequest, 1910, 480-2)
    Signature/inscription
    Signature on boulder: W
    Techniques and materials
    Light grey oil (?) ground layer. There appears to be a red/brown imprimatura over this, seen on the tacking edges and presumably extending beneath the image. Areas of high impasto, mainly highlights.
    Labels
    Verso, upper left on top horizontal member of stretcher:
    [1] Exhibited in the Worcestershire Exhibition, 1882, FINE ARTS SECTION owner [illegible]ither, Esq., Perdiswell Park, Worcestershire
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Critical commentary
    The painting is mainly autograph but there is some studio work, for example in the tree trunks to the left.
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 213, pl. 100a (version 3); Hoff 1973, p. 166 & fig. 209; Tomory & Gaston 1989, p. 54, no. 147, repr.; Hoff 1995, pp. 321-22 as 'After Wilson'
    Condition/Conservation
    Restored by F.W. Colley at St Kilda, 1929. Relined, new stretcher. Some overpaint of the mountain at the left and some damages in the hillside with old repairs. The impasto has been flattened as a result of the relining. Discoloured varnish.
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    2022-06-17 00:00:00

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    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - I), National Galleries of Scotland
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - I), Tyntesfield, National Trust
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)and Studio, A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - I), Private Collection, Scotland
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - I), Petworth House, National Trust
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Summer Evening ('On the Arno'), Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) A Summer Evening ('On the Arno' - I), Private Collection, London

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Ursula Hoff, European Paintings before 1800 in the National Gallery of Victoria
    • Ursula Hoff, European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
    • Peter Tomory & Robert Gaston, European Paintings before 1800 in Australian and New Zealand Public Collections
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