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    Villa Emiliana near Rome

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    Villa Emiliana near Rome
    Villa Emiliana near Rome
    Villa Emiliana near Rome
    Private Collection, Scotland
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Villa Emiliana near Rome
    Date
    Later 1770s (undated)
    Medium
    Oil on wood
    Dimensions
    Metric: 34.2 x 41.2 cm
    Imperial: 13 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, Scotland
    Accession Number
    393
    Wilson Online Reference
    P117A
    Description
    An umbrella pine dominates the scene, with part of a villa on the left and a prominent stone sarcophagus in the centre. In the right background are a walled farmstead with cypresses and other trees. A figure is attending to washing on the wooden steps at the side of the villa, other figures are beneath the pine and a man sits on the ground prominently in the right foreground. Beyond are the sea or a lake and distant mountains under a blue sky with fluffy clouds.
    Exhibited
    RA Old Masters 1886 (17 - Landscape)
    Signature/inscription
    Traces of possible signature lower left: W
    Techniques and materials
    The pine branches have been reinforced oddly
    Related Drawings
    D223 Ascribed to Wilson, A Roman Table Support, Private Collection, England
    Related Prints
    E72/4 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Villa Emilia, 1820, The British Museum
    E72/4A Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Villa Emilia, 1820, The British Museum
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Critical commentary
    The figures on the tomb in this version seem undiscernible.
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 199, pl. 76b (version 1)
    Condition/Conservation
    Repaired and blanched area round poplars on the right. Kate Lowry has noted: Mahogany panel c10mm thick bevelled at all reverse edges. Perhaps a furniture panel rather than a prepared artist's panel. No cracks or splits. Ground preparation dark red in colour. Paint rather grubby but in fair condition with minor discoloured retouches in poplar trees at centre right. Figures and tomb are quite convincing as Wilson. The pine tree has strong impasto of white between branches.
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    2021-08-12 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Ascribed to Wilson, A Roman Table Support, Private Collection, England

    Prints

    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Villa Emelia, The British Museum
    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Villa Emelia, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) Villa Emiliana near Rome, Private Collection, England

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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