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Joseph Wright (artist) British, 1734 - 1797 Italian Landscape, 1790 oil on canvas Overall: 103.5 x 130.4 cm (40 3/4 x 51 5/16 in.) framed: 122.2 x 146.7 x 6.9 cm (48 1/8 x 57 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.) Paul Mellon Collection 1983.1.47 |
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Provenance
Mr. Mills, Yorkshire.[1] A.J. Bentley, by 1831;[2] by descent to John Bentley [1797-1886], Birch House, near Manchester, and Portland Place, London; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 15 May 1886, no. 71); purchased by F.B. Benedict Nicolson, London, until 1960. (Durlacher Brothers, London); sold 11 April 1960 to (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London); sold 6 July 1960 to Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[3] gift 1983 to NGA.
[1] According to the catalogue of the Bentley sale, Christie's, London, 1886. Nicolson identified Mr. Mills with John Milnes of Wakefield, Yorkshire, who was one of Wright's principal patrons, but the Washington picture is not identifiable with any picture Milnes is known to have owned. (Benedict Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light, 2 vols., London, 1968: I:260.)
[2] He lent the painting to Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch and English Masters, Royal Manchester Institution, 1831, no. 145, as Italian Scene--Convent of St. Cosimata.
[3] Stockbook no. 3055, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
Associated Names
- Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
- Bentley, A.J.
- Bentley, John
- F.B.
- Mellon, Paul, Mr.
- Mills, Mr.
- Nicolson, Benedict
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