Live Auction 17081Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna
Richard Wilson, R.A. (Penegoes 1713/14-1782 Colomendy)
Lot 200 PROPERTY OF THE LATE PROFESSOR ERIC STANLEY

Richard Wilson, R.A. (Penegoes 1713/14-1782 Colomendy)

Villa Negroni, Rome

Closed2 July 2019

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GBP 5,625

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Richard Wilson, R.A. (Penegoes 1713/14-1782 Colomendy)
Villa Negroni, Rome
inscribed 'Negroni' (lower centre)
black and white chalk on blue-grey paper
8 ¾ x 7 5/8 in. (22.2 x 19.4 cm.)

Richard Ford.
with Colnaghi, London, November 1973.

Specialist note

In the late 16th century Pope Sixtus V (1521-1590), while still a cardinal, bought a large estate and villa in the northern part of Rome. In 1696 it was sold to Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Negroni and became known as Villa Negroni. A related drawing is at the British Museum (1881,0212.51), and another in the Brinsley Ford Collection (Richard Wilson online no. D230).
We are grateful to Dr Paul Spencer-Longhurst for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.