Richard Wilson, R. A. (Penegoes 1714-1782 Colomendy)

Italian Landscape with Cliffs and Castle
oil on canvas
24 1/2 by 29 3/4 in.

Probably painted between 1750 and 1760.

PROVENANCE:

Scott and Fowles, New York

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball, before 1920

The Art Institute of Chicago, donated by the above in 1922 along with paintings by Rembrandt, J.M.W. Turner, Monet, Pissaro and other important artists

EXHIBITED:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Exhibition of Eighteenth Century English Paintings, May 5-19, 1930, cat. no. 111

Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1933, cat. no. 207

LITERATURE:

Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings and Drawings, Part II: Paintings and Drawings, 1920, p. 60 cat. no. 771

Art Institute of Chicago, Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings and Drawings, Part II: Paintings and Drawings, 1922 p. 65, cat. no. 771

Art Institute of Chicago, Forty-Fourth Annual Report for the Year 1922, 1923

Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, And Drawings,[Chicago: The Institute], 1923, p. 65, no. 771

M. B. Williams, “A Valuable Collection of Paintings Added to Chicago’s Art Treasures,” America Today - Fort Dearborn Magazine, Winter 1924, p. 26

Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection, 1925, p. 28, illus.

M. Cummings, “Two Eighteenth Century English Landscape Paintings,” Bulletin Of The Art Institute Of Chicago, 19, 1925, p. 92, illus. p. 94

Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection, 1932, p. 80, Illus.

Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of a Century of progress exhibition of paintings and sculpture, lent from the American collections, [Chicago: The Institute], 1933, p. 32 (with incorrect size)

Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings In The Art Institute Of Chicago, [Chicago: The Institute], 1961, p. 485 (with incorrect size)