Larici from the Convent of the Galoro

1777

Thomas Jones

Artist, British, 1742 - 1803

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite touched with gum arabic on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27 x 41.1 cm (10 5/8 x 16 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.80.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Phillips, 15th April 1985, no. 139); Private collection; (sale, Sotheby's London, 31 March 1999, no. 152.; (C. G. Boerner Inc., New York); purchased 2002 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, C.G.Boerner, Salon du Dessin, Paris, 21-26 March 2001, p. 11.

2002

  • Old Master Drawings, C. G. Boerner, New York, 21 January - 8 February 2002, no. 28.

2003

  • Thomas Jones (1742-1803): An Artist Rediscovered, National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff, 21 May - 10 August 2003, The National Gallery, London, 12 November 2003 - 15 February 2004, no. 81.

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1997

  • Lyles, Anne, and Robin Hamlyn. British Watercolors from the Oppé Collection. London, 1997: 124.

2003

  • Smith, Greg and Ann Sumner, eds. Thomas Jones (1742-1803): An Artist Rediscovered. Exh. cat. National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff; The National Gallery, London. Wales, New Haven, and London, 2003, no. 81.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: Larici from the Convent of the Galoro / 22 May 1777 TJ-; upper right in graphite: The garden belonging to the Capuchin Convent at Albano; upper left in graphite: C; center left in graphite: sea / monte servelli

Wikidata ID

Q64633254

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