By Permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery
By Permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery
The Villa of Maecenas, at Tivoli, by Richard Wilson. Painted for Sir George Beaumont; one of four pictures of the subject. The first version was painted for the Earl of Thanet who insisted on having Horace's Bandusian fountain included for poetic interest, although it was in reality some miles away from the scene. Given to the National Gallery in 1826 by Beaumont (No 108).
Richard Wilson 1714-82
Tivoli, the Cascatella and the Villa of Maecenas c.1752
Oil on canvas, 77.3x97.2cm
Provenance: Dr. Munro, perhaps 1796; Mr. Norris of Manchester; his Sale, Wright, Liverpool, 14/03/1804 (49); presumably Hill; Desenfans before 1807; Bourgeois Bequest 1811
Further Comments: Described in Mrs. Jamesons' Catalogue (Companion to the Galleries of Art in London, 1844) as 'Landscape-An evening effect of deep shadow and rich glowing light.
Collection: Dulwich Picture Gallery, London