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    Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
    Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
    Courtesy of the President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford
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    Artist
    Ascribed to Wilson
    Title
    Lake Nemi (The Head of Lake Nemi)
    Date
    Undated
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Metric: 44.5 x 54 cm
    Imperial: 17 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.
    Collection
    Magdalen College, Oxford. To license image, click here.
    Accession Number
    P0807
    Wilson Online Reference
    P101A
    Description
    A view of the head of Lake Nemi, with the town of Nemi beyond on the right, mountains in the distance and three figures seen from behind on a hilltop in the foreground
    Exhibited
    Perhaps RA Old Masters 1884 (27)
    Provenance
    Col. M.H. Grant; purchased by Lt. Col. R.H.R. Brocklebank June 1935; bequeathed to Magdalen College 1965
    Subject
    Lake Nemi, also called Speculum Dianae, Diana's Mirror, is a small circular volcanic lake 19 miles (30 km) south of Rome, it takes its name from Nemi, the largest town in the area, that overlooks it from a height.
    Related Drawings
    D387/1 Lake Scene, Private Collection, England
    Related Prints
    E72/30 Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi), The British Museum and other impressions
    Versions
    See 'Links' tab
    Critical commentary
    Such an unbalanced composition is highly unusual for Wilson, giving rise to doubts about the painting's authenticity
    Bibliography
    WGC, p. 207, pl. 92a (version 2); H. Brocklebank, A Turn or two I'll walk to still my beating Mind: Commentary on a Private Collection, London 1955, pp. 55-58
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/100
    Updated by Compiler
    2021-01-21 00:00:00

    Work of Art

    Drawings

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), Lake Scene, Private Collection, England

    Prints

    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, Untitled (The Head of Lake Nemi), The British Museum
    • Thomas Hastings after Wilson, View of Lake Nemi, The British Museum

    Versions

    • Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) The Head of Lake Nemi (The Nemi Lake near Rome), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
    • Imitator of Wilson, The Head of Lake Nemi, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven

    Biographies

    • Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hugh Royds Brocklebank (1881-1965)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
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