Skip to main content
Richard Wilson R.A (Penegoes 1713-1782 Mold), and Studio Lake Nemi with Two Friars image 1
Richard Wilson R.A (Penegoes 1713-1782 Mold), and Studio Lake Nemi with Two Friars image 2
Lot 66

Richard Wilson R.A
(Penegoes 1713-1782 Mold)
and Studio
Lake Nemi with Two Friars

17 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,287.50 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Old Master Paintings specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

Richard Wilson R.A (Penegoes 1713-1782 Mold), and Studio

Lake Nemi with Two Friars
oil on canvas
44.2 x 54.7cm (17 3/8 x 21 9/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 June 2008, lot 48

Exhibited
Possibly, London, Society of Artists, 1761, no. 137 or 138

Literature
Possibly, W.G. Constable, Richard Wilson, London, 1953, p. 207, no. 94 (a), possibly version 1 or 3
P. Spencer-Longhurst, Richard Wilson online, ref. P159A

Richard Wilson painted a number of versions of this composition (see: Constable, ibid, cat. no. 94). The present work is closely related to a drawing from Wilson's Italian period, circa 1753, Lake Nemi with Two Friars, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (DYCE.643).

Additional information

Bid now on these items