Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery
Gift of George A. Hearn, 1905
Catalogue
- Year
- 1756
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 16 7/8 x 21 1/8 in. (42.9 x 53.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Richard Wilson
Artist
Painting
Richard Wilson was a Welsh painter who specialised in landscape art and worked in Britain and Italy. With George Lambert he is recognised as a pioneer in British art of landscape for its own sake and was described in the Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales as the "most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country". In December 1768 Wilson became one of the founder-members of the Royal Academy. A catalogue raisonné of the artist's work compiled by Paul Spencer-Longhurst is published by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
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1754 · brush on chalk, paper
Italiaans landschap met twee figuren in een park
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Banks of the River Dee near Eaton Hall, Cheshire
1754 · Black and white chalk on blue laid paper, laid down on card
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- Richard Wilson
- Year
- 1756
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 16 7/8 x 21 1/8 in. (42.9 x 53.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1756-333165
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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