The Plain of Umbria, Assisi

Details

Sir William Blake Richmond, R.A. (1842-1921)
The Plain of Umbria, Assisi
signed with initials 'W.B.R.' (lower left)
oil on panel
21 x 36 in. (53.3 x 91.5 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased from The Fine Art Society by Sir Charles Waldstein in 1914, and thence by descent.

Literature

William Blake Richmond, Assisi: Impressions of Half a Century, 1919, frontispiece.
Simon Reynolds, William Blake Richmond: An Artist's Life, 1995, p. 360.

Exhibited

Possibly London, New Gallery, William Blake Richmond, 1900/1901, no. 156 (as 'The Plain of Umbria from the Road to Carceri, Assisi').
Possibly Birmingham, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Autumn Exhibition, 1911, no. 200 (as 'The Plain of Umbria, Assisi').
London, The Fine Art Society, Paintings of Umbria and Assisi by Sir William Blake Richmond, April 1914, no. 38 (as 'The Plain of Umbria').

Lot Essay

Sir Charles Waldstein was a prominant figure in artistic and archeological circles in Cambridge at the turn of the century, holding the Directorship of the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Readership in Classical Archaeology, the Slade Professorship, and other posts. It is not surprising that he was attracted by this fine example of Richmond in his 'Etruscan' mode.
We are grateful to Simon Reynolds for his help in preparing this entry.

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