An Italian landscape, possibly Frascati

Details

Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (1775-1851) and Thomas Girtin (1775-1802)
An Italian landscape, possibly Frascati
pencil and watercolour
6 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (16.2 x 23.2 cm.)

Provenance

P.F. Willert.
Mrs A.T. Loyd and by descent to the present owner.

Literature

C.L. Loyd, The Loyd Collection of Paintings and Drawings, London, 1967, p. 63, no. 107.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis This lot is subject to Collection and Storage charges

Sale room notice

We are grateful to Greg Smith for pointing out that the present drawing should be entitled From the Villa at Posillipo, A View from the Villa Belvedere and relates to the second volume of drawings by John Roberts Cozens at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. The present drawing was probably executed from a tracing of the Whitworth drawing, which is now in the Beaumont Album of tracings at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.

Lot Essay

The pencil work in the present watercolour was executed by Thomas Girtin with the wash being applied by Turner. For a note on Turner and Girtin in the academy of Dr Thomas Monro see lot 17.

We are grateful to Andrew Wilton for his help in prepraing this catalogue entry.

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