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View of Tivoli: the Cascatelle and the 'Villa of Maecenas'
View of Tivoli: the Cascatelle and the 'Villa of Maecenas'
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View of Tivoli: the Cascatelle and the 'Villa of Maecenas'

by Richard Wilson

Date: c.1752

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Bourgeois Bequest, 1811

  • Accession number

    DPG171

  • Artist

    Richard Wilson

  • Date

    c.1752

  • Dimensions

    73.3 x 97.2 cm

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

The celebrated Cascatelle of Tivoli, with the town of Tivoli above, and in the centre the ruins of the Sanctuary of Hercules Victor, formerly thought to be those of the Villa of Maecenas. A smaller version in the National Gallery of Ireland was painted, according to an inscription on the verso, in 1752.

View of Tivoli: the Cascatelle and the 'Villa of Maecenas'

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