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    Ariccia near Rome

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    Ariccia near Rome
    Ariccia near Rome
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Ariccia near Rome
    Date
    c.1760 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, touched with brown and white chalk on blue-grey prepared paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 248 x 374 mm
    Imperial: 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    1881,0212.24
    Wilson Online Reference
    D326
    Description
    A low cliff is shown centre right, with an arched hollow below and brushwood above. On the grass beneath, a man is seated and in the foreground towards the left, a road winds away past a stone monument, trees and a half-visible building.
    Provenance
    Donated by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    Verso invisible - laid down
    Subject
    Located between the lakes of Nemi and Albano on the Via Appia Nuova, southeast of Rome, Ariccia was celebrated for its groves, thought to have been the hunting-grounds of the goddess Diana. In the 17th century the area had been a haunt of Gaspard Dughet, whom Wilson greatly admired.
    Related Drawings
    D282 A Church at Ariccia, Private Collection, England and other versions
    Related Prints
    E72/11 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, View of Lareci near Rome, The British Museum (1854,0708.68) and other impressions
    Related Paintings
    P46 Ariccia I, Tate, London
    P46A Ariccia - I, Private Collection, England
    P46B Ariccia - I (La Riccia, near Albano, Italy), Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
    Bibliography
    Binyon 3; WGC p. 193, pl. 67a
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/78
    Condition/Conservation
    Stain in upper left corner and staining right

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Landscape near Rome, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

    Prints

    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, View of Lareci near Rome, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Ariccia I, Tate, London
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Ariccia - I, Private Collection, England
    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Ariccia - I (La Riccia, near Albano, Italy), Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

    Biographies

    • John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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