File:John Sell Cotman - Bridge and Tower, after Richard Wilson - Google Art Project.jpg
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Bridge and Tower, after Richard Wilson
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Details on Google Art Project |
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| Title |
Bridge and Tower, after Richard Wilson |
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| Object type | drawing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: According to the museum, “Bridge and Tower, after Richard Wilson”. However, if we consider the so-called bridge just some Roman ruins, the so-called tower can be identified with the thermal building known as the “Temple of Venus” on the coast of the Bay of Baiae, which in turn allows to read the artist's inscriptions as “Temple of [Venus] | Bay of [Baiae]”. A painting by William Marlow (1740–1813) shows the very same ruins from the same angle (image). In general, the “Temple of Venus” has been a first-rate motive drawn, painted, and engraved by numerous artists since ca. 1600. |
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| Date | circa 1820 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Graphite on medium slightly textured cream wove paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 105 mm (4.13 in); width: 165 mm (6.49 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
not on view |
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| Accession number |
YCBA/lido-TMS-8626 |
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| Inscriptions |
recto top right in graphite: R Wilson | Temple of […] | Bay of [?Baiae]
recto bottom right in graphite:
R Wilson
Watermark: [W]hatman/1818
English: Not signed, not dated |
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| Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | uQFqBW9xI5fc7A at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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