LOT 1893 Richard Wilson, A Weir on the River Po, near Ferrara
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Richard Wilson, A Weir on the River Po, near Ferrara Oil on canvas (relined). 27 x 27 cm. Provenance Miss P. Woolner. - Agnew & Sons Gallery, 14th Nov. 1938. - Ian Greenlees, 11th Jun 1941. - Christie’s, London, King street, 18th Nov 1983, lot 63. Literature William George Constable: Richard Wilson, London 1953, p. 211, no. 6, pl. 98a (as “A sketch without the bluff in the right foreground”). Roundel shaped composition with spandrel corners, framed in a circular mount. A charming Italian landscape representing a waterfall on the river Po, by the Welsh landscape artist and Royal Academist Richard Wilson. At least five versions of this composition are known, of which four are circular in format. Freely executed, bright of colour, and unique in details, such as the angle of the falls - this stands as perhaps one of the earlier versions and something of an exception in Wilson’s autograph oeuvre. It is to be suggested it is perhaps an upgraded preparatory oil-sketch. Wilson’s use of a small roundel shape is unique in his paintings and it has been suggested that he had a particular prototype by Gaspard Dughet in mind (A. French, Gaspar Dughet called Gaspar Poussin 1615-75, exh. cat., Kenwood, London, 1980, pp. 88-89, no. 73). Amongst its impressive provenance, it is noted that this painting was once in the possession of Miss P. Woolner - almost certainly Phyllis, daughter of Thomas Woolner, the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor, who was herself a painter. Also subsequently in the Greenlees collection; Ian Greenlees (1913-1988) was Deputy Representative of the British Council, Rome and Director of the British Institute, Florence, Bagni di Lucca. Richard Wilson, Ein Stauwehr am Po bei Ferrara Öl auf Leinwand (doubliert). 27 x 27 cm. Provenienz Miss P. Woolner. - Agnew & Sons Gallery, London (erworben am 14.11.1938). - Ian Greenlees (1913-1988, erworben am 11.6.1941). - Auktion Christie’s, London, 18.11.1983, Lot 63. Literatur William George Constable: Richard Wilson, London 1953, S. 211, Nr. 6, Abb. 98a (als “A sketch without the bluff in the right foreground”). Runde Darstellung mit dunklen Eckzwickeln; in rundem Rahmenausschnitt gerahmt. Von der reizvollen Landschaft mit einem Wasserfall am italienischen Fluss Po des walisischen Landschaftsmalers Richard Wilson sind mindestens fünf Versionen bekannt, von denen vier im runden Format gemalt wurden. Bei dem vorliegenden Werk dürfte es sich um eine der früheren Versionen handeln, die vielleicht ursprünglich als vorbereitende Ölskizze gedacht war. Wilsons Verwendung des Rundformats ist in seinen Gemälden einzigartig und es wurde vermutet, dass ein Gemälde von Gaspard Dughet als Vorbild diente (A. French: Gaspar Dughet called Gaspar Poussin 1615-75, Ausst.-Kat., Kenwood, London, 1980, S. 88-89, Nr. 73). Das Gemälde, das über eine beeindruckende Provenienz verfügt, befand sich einst im Besitz von Miss P. Woolner, bei der es sich um Phyllis Woolner handeln dürfte, der Tochter des präraffaelitischen Bildhauers Thomas Woolner, die selber als Malerin tätig war. Später gehörte es zur Sammlung von Ian Greenlees (1913-1988) dem Repräsentanten des British Council in Rom und Direktor des British Institute in Florenz, Bagni di Lucca.
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