An Underground Shrine with two Figures kneeling before a Pieta (Study…

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An Underground Shrine with two Figures kneeling before a Pieta (Study…
An Underground Shrine with two Figures kneeling before a Pieta (Study…
An Underground Shrine with two Figures kneeling before a Pieta (Study…
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
An Underground Shrine with two Figures kneeling before a Pieta (Study of Lamp and Relief)
Date
c.1752-54 (undated)
Medium
Graphite with white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured blued-white laid paper mounted on card
Dimensions
Metric: 165 x 141 mm
Imperial: 6 1/2 x 5 9/16 in.
Accession Number
B1977.14.4227
Wilson Online Reference
D93A
Description
By the light of a large centrally suspended lantern two figures kneel in adoration of a large image of the Entombment of Christ
Exhibited
Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, cat. 66 (355)
Provenance
Sir Bruce Ingram; Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, 1972; Martyn Gregory; bt Paul Mellon February 1972; acquired 1977
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Versions
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Previous Cat/Ref Nos
Object ID: 14043
Bibliography
Ford 1951, p.58, pl. 48; Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, 1972, cat. 66 (355)
Condition/Conservation
Image size :115 x 89 mm (4 9/16 x 3 1/2 in.)