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    Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli

    Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli
    Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli
    Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli
    Tate, London 2014
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli
    Date
    c.1752-56 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk and graphite with white highlights on blue-grey laid paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 226 x 347
    Imperial: 8 7/8 x 13 5/8 in.
    Collection
    Tate, London. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    T09285
    Wilson Online Reference
    D260
    Description
    The view is across the gorge of the River Aniene at Tivoli, showing the lower cascades in the middle distance and above them, the ruins of the so-called Villa of Maecenas or Temple of Hercules, with the town buildings to the left. In the right foreground stand two figures by the water's edge.
    Exhibited
    London, Cardiff and New Haven 1982-83 (36)
    Provenance
    A.P. Oppé; purchased as part of the Oppé collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Hertitage Lottery Fund 1996
    Signature/inscription
    Unsigned; no inscription
    Verso inscriptions
    [1] Centre in old brown ink: Macanas's [sic] Villa |
    Richard Wilson
    [2] Centre left in old pencil: Maecenas's Villa |
    Rd Wilson
    [3] Left centre, old brown ink: Marianne Ford
    [4] Lower right, pencil: 2193
    [5] Lower right, pencil: E2189 [encircled and crossed out with one diagonal line]
    [6] Lower right, pencil: (1)
    Related Prints
    E72/7 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, The Villa of Maecenas, The British Museum
    E77 J. Le Keux after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa at Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    E79/2 Robert Brandard after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa at Tivoli, The British Museum
    Related Paintings
    P71 Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, Tate, London
    P71A Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, England
    P71B Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
    P71C Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli (Tivoli, Villa of Maecenas), Private Collection, England
    P71D Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    2193
    Bibliography
    WGC pp. 226-27, pl. 118a; Solkin 1982, p. 163
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/96
    Condition/Conservation
    In good condition, with very little staining.
    Updated by Compiler
    2017-09-13 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Prints

    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson,The Villa of Maecenas, The British Museum
    • J. Le Keux after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa at Tivoli, National Museum Wales, Cardiff
    • Robert Brandard after Wilson, Maecenas' Villa at Tivoli, The British Museum

    Paintings

    • Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, Tate, London
    • Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli, Private Collection, England
    • Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli (Tivoli: Villa of Maecenas), Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
    • Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli (Tivoli, Villa of Maecenas), Private Collection, England
    • Distant View of Maecenas' Villa, Tivoli (The Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli), Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool

    Exhibitions

    • London, Tate Gallery, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, and New Haven, Conn., Yale Center for British Art, 3 November 1982 - 19 June 1983

    Biographies

    • Adolf Paul Oppé (1878-1957)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • David Solkin, Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction
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