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Tivoli

Maker

(artist)
1742-1803

Title

Tivoli

Date of Production

1777

Medium

graphite, watercolour on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 27.1 cm
Width: 41.2 cm

Accession Number

D.2007.DS.22

Mode of Acquisition

Dorothy Scharf, bequest, 2007 (March)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Thomas Jones was part of the first generation of British artists to travel to Italy. Jones considered the area around Tivoli, near Rome, to be ‘Magick Land’. This wide-angle view of the ancient Roman Villa of Maecenas is depicted with the point of the brush in a restricted palette of blue- green and reddish brown. Pencilled notes on the sheet indicate the graphite outlines were drawn on the spot. Neither preparatory studies nor finished works, these ‘hybrid’ watercolours were not intended for sale.

Provenance

by descent to the step-great-great-grandson of the artist, Canon J.H. Adams; his sale, Sotheby's (London), 27 November 1975, lot 86; purchased there by an anonymous buyer; same buyer's sale, Sotheby's (London), 14 July 1988, lot 66; Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004); Scharf Bequest 2007

Exhibition History

Drawings Gallery Display - Pen to Brush: British Drawings and Watercolours, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/11/2021-28/02/2022

British Watercolours from the Scharf Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/2008-01/01/2009

Literature

Oppé, A.P., 'The memoirs of Thomas Jones' in 'The Walpole Society', 1946-1948; 32
p. 65

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: a letter, possibly "B" above a circle with a double border containing a fleur-de-lis (a larger variant of Heawood 1598 - Rome 1762).

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper right of centre, graphite, described, initialed and dated: "The Cascatelli + Villa of Mecenas at Tivola - TJ 1777-"; centre (within drawing), graphite: "Frescati". Verso: lower right, graphite: "34"; lower right, graphite, circled: "4 [could be 84?]".

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