Imitator of Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Title:
The Head of Lake Nemi
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 13/16 x 30 1/4 inches (63 x 76.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, upper center: “Fine Art Publishers [logo] To H.M. King George V. | London, | 43, Old Bond Street, | Piccadilly, W.”; lower center: “Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd. | No 36286 | [logo] | By Appointment | To His Late Majesty King George VI | Fine Art Publishers Thos. Agnew | & Sons Ltd. London | London, 43 Old Bond Street, | Piccadilly, W1X 4BA | [handwritten] 4993”; center right: “Pitt & Scott Ltd | London | G. [handwritten] 5463 | [typed] 5212”; center, handwritten: "200"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1973.1.64
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
landscape | building | lake | volcano | boulder | science | people
Associated Places:
Italy | Lazio | Roma | Lake Nemi
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
Publications:
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 31, no. 17, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 254, 255, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)