Palada

Palada
Palada
Palada
Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Palada
Date
c.1750-51 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
Metric: 172 x 203 mm
Imperial: 6 3/4 x 8 in.
Collection
Private Collection, England
Accession Number
RF71
Wilson Online Reference
D50
Exhibited
Exeter 1946 (37); Birmingham 1948-49 (105)
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
Signature/inscription
Inscribed in the artist's hand at the lower centre: Palada
Subject
If this is intended as Palata, the site is on the eastern coast of Italy in the region of Molise, between Pescara and Foggia and east of Rome. However, Robin Simon has proposed the site as the Rio della Palada on the Giudecca, Venice.
Critical commentary
If Simon's identification is correct the church in the left background could be Sant' Eufemia, although a drawing by Canaletto of c.1730 shows that it then had a taller tower with a spire.
Bibliography
Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 70, RF 71