An image of St Peters and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome

Richard Wilson

(Wales 1714–1782)

St Peters and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome

Location
15th–19th c European art
Year
1757
Media
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
70.5 x 132.0cm stretcher; 94.0 x 155.0 x 10.0 frame
Signature & date
Signed l.l., black paint "RW" [in monogram]. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1970
Accession number
25.1971
Provenance
Agnew's, London (England, estab. 1817), 09 Dec 1969-21 Jul 1970, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Agnew's 1970
Leggatt Bros., London (England), pre 09 Dec 1969, London/England, Purchased by Agnew's.
F. Ward, Loan to National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington DC
American Art Association (United States of America), United States of America
Sulley and Co., London (England), London/England
Hussey family
Sir William Young (England), England, for whom the picture was painted