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    'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch

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    'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch
    'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch
    'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    'L'Anconetta near Venice, a Sketch
    Date
    c.1765-70
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 27.6 x 41.5 cm
    Imperial: 10 7/8 x 16 5/16 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    BB22
    Wilson Online Reference
    NWP113D
    Description
    A view from the mainland across the Venetian lagoon towards the Tower of Malghera and the city of Venice in the distance. On an island just offshore stands a small church among poplars and stone pines, into which a religious procession is passing. In the foreground are a prominent boat containing three figures, one holding a parasol, and further back a ferry bearing three people, cattle and a dog.
    Exhibited
    Brighton 1920 (37); Bangor 1925 (20); Exeter 1946 (67); Birmingham 1948-49 (22) London 1949 (21)
    Provenance
    P. Sandby; Benjamin Booth; thence by descent
    Techniques and materials
    The colour range and technique are totally at variance with those of Wilson
    Collectors' marks
    [1] Centre of upper horizontal stretcher bar, indecipherable red seal
    Labels
    [1] Upper centre right of frame printed and written in Kenneth Garlick's handwriting: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | R. Wilson | 22 [pencil encircled] | L'Anconetta
    Subject
    L'Anconetta is a small island near Marghera, in the vicinity of Mestre on the Venetian Lagoon, on which stood the convent church of Santa Maria dell'Anconetta - a dependency of the Patriarch of Venice.
    Related Drawings
    D19 A Sandalo, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    D193 Studio of Wilson, The Island of Anconetta, Venice, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
    Related Prints
    E19 John Roberts after Wilson, L'Anconetta, an Island near Venice, 1767, The British Museum
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Related Paintings
    P149 L'Anconetta near Venice, Private Collection, England
    Related Works by Other Artists
    Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), The Island of Anconetta, Venice, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (inv. no. 184)
    Critical commentary
    To outward appearances this seems to be a pastiche. However, in view of the Booth provenance it may have been repainted at an early date, as W.G. Constable believed - perhaps even by Paul Sandby, its first owner. Numerous versions and variations of the composition indicate its popularity in Wilson's lifetime and later.
    Bibliography
    Booth Notes, Doc. 9 (9 - L'Anconetta near Venice (a sketch)); WGC, pp. 192-93, pl. 66a, unnumbered variant; Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 16, BB22
    Condition/Conservation
    Relined
    Updated by Compiler
    2021-09-24 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), A Sandolo, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
    • Studio of Wilson, The Island of Anconetta, Venice, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

    Prints

    • John Roberts after Wilson, L'Anconetta, an Island near Venice, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) L'Anconetta, near Venice, Vancouver Art Gallery
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) L'Anconetta with Venice beyond, Private Collection, England
    • Studio of Wilson, View of L'Anconetta, near Venice, Private Collection

    Paintings

    • L'Anconetta near Venice, Private Collection, England

    Exhibitions

    • Birmingham City Art Gallery, 17 November 1948 - 9 January 1949
    • London, Tate Gallery, 22 January - 14 March 1949
    • Bangor, University College of North Wales, 4 April - 23 May 1925
    • Brighton, Fine Art Galleries, 28 February - 2 May 1920
    • Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 7 March - 5 April 1946

    Biographies

    • Benjamin Booth (1732-1807)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
    • Benjamin Booth, Unpublished Notes, Document 9: List of Wilson's Landscapes with Sizes and former Owners
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