By Kind Permission of a Private Collection
By Kind Permission of a Private Collection
Turner 's Ancient Italy - Ovid banished from Rome, oil on canvas, exhibited Royal Academy 1838, Private Collection ( Wilton P376); engraved in 1842 by J.T. Willmore ( Rawlinson 735).
J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851
Ancient Italy - Ovid Banished from Rome c.1838
Oil on canvas, 94.6x125cm
Exhibitions: RA 1838
Engraving:
Engraved by J.T. Willmore, 1842
Copper engraving, 43.2x60.3cm
Provenance: RA 1838, bt H.A.J. Munro of Novar; his sale Christie, 6/4/1878 (96), bt Agnew; Kirkman Hodgson MP; bt again by Agnew, 1893; Messrs. Sedelmeyer, Paris; Camille Groult (d.1907); descent to grandson M. Pierre Bordeaux-Groult;bt Wildestein / Agnew, 1971; bt from latter by Dr. Correa da Silva, Lisbon, 1973; resold through Agnew to present owner, 1975
Further Comments: A second engraving of the work was done for the Turner Gallery in 1859, by J.T. Willmore.
Collection: Private Collection