Classical Landscape with a Tower
Richard Wilson (Penegoes 1714 - Mold 1782)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1765 - 1770
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
419 x 470 mm (16 ½ x 18 ½ in)
Place of origin
Wales
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515563
Caption
This classically composed view, with suggestions of Italy, is, however, more probably Wales. The Welsh artist Richard Wilson was very influenced by the classical overtones of the work of Claude Lorrain and Gaspar Dughet. He first painted in Rome and landscapes of the surrounding Campagna and continued producing Italianate landscapes often with classical ruins and historical figures after his return to Britain in 1757.
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Classical Landscape with a Tower by Richard Wilson, RA (Penegoes 1714 – Mold 1782), 1765-70. A ruined tower and substructure seen at left of a lake or river, hills loom in the distance on right (probably Wales).
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
Richard Wilson (Penegoes 1714 - Mold 1782), publisher