A House at Chioggia

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A House at Chioggia

Private Collection, England / Photograph by Matthew Hollow

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Artist

Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)

Title

A House at Chioggia

Date

c.1751 (undated)

Medium

Black chalk

Dimensions

Metric: 196 x 203 mm
Imperial: 7 11/16 x 8 in.

Collection

Private Collection, England

Accession Number

RF60

Wilson Online Reference

D23A

Provenance

William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent

Subject

The town of Chioggia is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Venice. Wilson visited it on his journey from Venice to Rome in 1751.

Critical commentary

This drawing represents the same subject as D23 A House at Chioggia, Private Collection, England. The present work however is more detailed but lacks a third figure in the left. Brinsley Ford suggested that it was done on the spot and that Wilson later made the second, more simplified version of it.

Bibliography

Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 69, RF60

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