A Distant View of St Peter's Rome
Richard Wilson (Penegoes 1714 - Mold 1782)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1754 - 1782
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
330 x 381 mm (13 x 15 in)
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 27416
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Distant View of St Peter's Rome by Richard Wilson, RA (Penegoes 1714 – Mold 1782), or a follower.
Provenance
Purchase from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: On back of panel support is stencilled, 4362. Recto: Gilded recessed wooden frame with central label, R. WILSON, at base. Verso: Chalked on back of frame, No 4, and in pencil. 23 at top. Centrally at top, 8. in ink and handwritten, 40 Wilson. R / (Distant View of Rome). Verso: Label at base of panel printed, FROST & REED LTD / 10 Clare Street / BRISTOL1 / 41 New Bond Street / LONDON W1. Handwritten, cleaned 1942. At top in handwriting, Tyntesfield.
Makers and roles
Richard Wilson (Penegoes 1714 - Mold 1782), artist