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    Classical Landscape with Boys Bathing

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    Classical Landscape with Boys Bathing
    Classical Landscape with Boys Bathing
    Classical Landscape with Boys Bathing
    Leeds Museums and Galleries (Leeds Art Gallery) U.K. / The Bridgeman Art Library
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    Artist
    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    Classical Landscape with Boys Bathing
    Date
    Undated
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 88.9 x 116.9 cm
    Imperial: 35 x 46 in.
    Collection
    Leeds Museums and Galleries. To license images click here.
    Accession Number
    LEEAG.PA.1913.0251
    Wilson Online Reference
    P116D
    Description
    Before a calm wide river dominated by a domed ancient ruin three bathers are embarking on or returning from a swim while a cow and sheep are seen below on the right. Further back on the right bank the ruin, a tower and other buildings are set among woods on the cliffs. Beyond in the left distance are a hill-town and mountains. The sky and clouds are suffused with the golden rays of the sun.
    Provenance
    Henry Barran, J.P. (1856-1942), Shadwell Grange, Moor Allerton, Leeds; presented to Leeds City Council, 1913
    Versions
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    Related Works by Other Artists
    J.M.W. Turner, watercolour (T.B. XXXIII-I, Tate, London)
    Critical commentary
    One of numerous idealised landscapes by or after Wilson, based on the scenery he had observed in Italy in the 1750s. The domed ruin in the centre is derived from a building just outside Rome, known in the 18th century as the Temple of Minerva Medica. The bathers in the foreground, with their overtones of classical sculpture, likewise suggest Antiquity. In contrast to those in the other versions, however, both naked figures here seem to be female.
    Bibliography
    WGC 1953, p. 213, pl. 99b (version 2)
    Updated by Compiler
    2021-09-03 00:00:00

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    Versions

    • Studio of Wilson, River Scene with Bathers, Cattle and Ruin, Tate, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) River Scene with Bathers, Cattle and Ruin (Landscape with Bathers), Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, Leicestershire, UK
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) River Scene with Bathers, Cattle and Ruin, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) River Scene with Bathers, Cattle and Ruin, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

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    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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