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St Peters and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome
Richard Wilson1757
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia
The view is taken from a point on the Janiculum hill. On the left are the buildings surrounding the Piazza San Pietro, while on the right the prospect of the Roman campagna extends to Monte Soratte. Wilson first painted this view while in Rome c1753. Our version is a replica commissioned by the wealthy sugar plantation (and slave) owner William Young from Antigua (1725–88), who was then setting himself up as a country gentleman in Standlynch House, Wiltshire.
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- Title: St Peters and the Vatican from the Janiculum, Rome
- Creator: Richard Wilson
- Date Created: 1757
- Physical Dimensions: 70.5 x 132.0 cm stretcher; 94.0 x 155.0 x 10.0 frame
- Provenance: Sir William Young, England, for whom the picture was painted Hussey family Sulley and Co., London, London/England American Art Association, United States of America F. Ward, Loan to National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington DC Leggatt Bros., London, pre 09 Dec 1969, London/England, Purchased by Agnew's. Agnew's, London, 09 Dec 1969-21 Jul 1970, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Agnew's 1970
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Purchased 1970
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Signature & Date: Signed l.l., black paint "RW" [in monogram]. Not dated.
- Artist Country: Wales
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