George Heming Mason, 'The Villa Borghese', about 1852-3
The Villa Borghese
On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK About the work
Overview
This sketch was painted in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, which was a popular site for landscape painters in Rome. Mason uses loose but confident brushstrokes to depict the foliage of the trees and the shadows on the walls below.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- The Villa Borghese
- Artist
- George Heming Mason
- Artist dates
- 1818 - 1872
- Date made
- about 1852-3
- Medium and support
- Oil on paper mounted on board
- Dimensions
- 13.5 × 36.1 cm
- Inscription summary
- Signed; Inscribed
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L857
- Location
- On loan: Gere Collection Paintings to the Ashmolean (2024 - 2026), The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK
- Image copyright
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
- Collection
- Main Collection
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