Cicero at His Villa at Tusculum is an 1839 historical landscape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner.[1][2] It imagines a view of the villa of the Roman statesman Cicero, located at Tusculum in the Alban Hills.
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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1839 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 92.5 cm × 123.5 cm (36.4 in × 48.6 in) |
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It was partly intended to pay tribute to the eighteenth century British landscape artist Richard Wilson who had produced a similar scene, and whose work and was strongly influenced by his time in Italy and who Turner felt had become neglected in a manner similar to Cicero.[3]
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1839 held at the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Today the painting is displayed at Ascott House in Buckinghamshire.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Smiles p.111
- ↑ Kelly p.263
- ↑ Finley p.109
- ↑ "Cicero at His Villa at Tusculum | Art UK".
Bibliography
edit- Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises, 2013.
- Kelly, Frank. J.M.W. Turner. Tate Publishing, 2007.
- Pugh, Simon (ed.) Reading Landscape Country, City, Capital. Manchester University Press, 1990.
- Smiles, Sam. J. M. W. Turner: The Making of a Modern Artist. Manchester University Press, 2017.
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