Landscape with a Castle and Lake
attributed to Richard Wilson (Penegoes 1714 - Mold 1782)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1760 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
457 x 533 mm (18 x 21 in)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515554
Caption
The Welsh artist Richard Wilson was converted to landscape painting during his Italian trip in the 1750s. He was the first British artist to return from Italy not only with a masterly technique, but also with a knowledge of the paintings of Claude Lorrain and of the Italian landscapes which had inspired them. Back in Britain he continued to paint Italian views and when he painted British views he subtly moulded them to conform to his Italianate vision. His imitators did likewise. This landscape may be an imaginary Italian view by Wilson or a pastiche of his works like Lake of Nemi or On the Arno by a minor artist.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape with a Castle and Lake, attributed to Richard Wilson, RA (Penegoes 1714 – Mold 1782). A lake overshadowed by a hill right, on top of which is a castle; four figures and a dog in the foreground.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Richard Wilson (Penegoes 1714 - Mold 1782), artist
References
Constable 1953 W. G. Constable, Richard Wilson, London, 1953, p.205, pl.84b