'Rocks and Trees at Tivoli', Francis Towne

Artwork details

Artist

Francis Towne (1739‑1816)

Title

Rocks and Trees at Tivoli

Date 1781

MediumWatercolour and ink on paper

Dimensionssupport: 398 x 513 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996

Reference

T08552

View this artwork by appointment, at Tate Britain's Prints and Drawings Rooms

Exhibition catalogue text

Catalogue entry from Francis Towne

25 A Study on the Spot at Tivoli 1781

Watercolour with pen and ink 398 x 513 (15 5/8 x 20 1/4)
Inscribed, lower right, May 1st | No 15
Inscribed on the verso of the artist's mount (watermarked 1804), Italy. A study on the spot at Tivoli. Francis Towne del. 1781. May 21st. Mounted June 1811.
Prov: Anon. sale, Foster's, 27 July 1910 (151), bt P.Opp?; by descent to 1996 when acquired by Tate Gallery (T08552).
Exh: Rome 1911, II (45), as Rocks and trees at Tivoli; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 1923; Vienna 1925 (258); BFAC 1929 (5); Royal Academy 1934 (626); Agnew's 1949 (17); Sheffield 1952 (64); Geneva and Z?rich 1955-6 (109); Norwich 1958 (12); Royal Academy 1958 (93); Amsterdam and Vienna 1965 (122); Royal Academy 1968 (668); Manchester 1988 (60). Lit: Opp? 1920, p.112; Hardie 1930, p.13; Binyon 1931, fig.23; Bury 1962, pp.80, 146, pl.XXX; Herrmann 1973, p.121… (read more)