Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Title:
Sculpted Plinth in the Villa Medici
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and white gouache on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (19.1 x 24.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black chalk, recto, lower center: "in the Villa Medici"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5745
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
mythological figures | plinth | putti | architectural subject | mermaids | Grand Tour
Associated Places:
Italy | Europe | Villa Medici | Rome | Roma | Pincian Hill | Lazio
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01)
Publications:
Martin Postle, Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, p. 222, Cat. No. 25, NJ18.W72 R53 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)