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RISDM 72-171-39.tif

John Warwick Smith

Assisi in the Province of Umbria

Description

Maker

John Warwick Smith (English, 1749-1831)

Title

Assisi in the Province of Umbria

Year

1794

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

gouache, watercolor

Dimensions

Plate: 12.4 x 19 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in brown ink in LL verso of mat:Assisi, in the province of Umbria/J. Smith 1794 Verso:Numbered in pencil in CR:8822

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

72.171.39

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Distant Climes
18th-Century British Views of Italy
Sep 01, 2011 – Jun 03, 2012

Label copy

Named for his benefactor, the Earl of Warwick, John “Warwick” Smith executed this small, highly finished work after returning from his five-year tour of Italy in 1781. The composition is distinctly classical, consisting of foreground flora, tiny figures for scale, and a curving road that leads the eye of the viewer from foreground to background. The artist’s careful pen work clearly describes Assisi’s individual buildings, while at the same time his simplified color palette of blues and greens places an overall emphasis on shapes and broad masses.

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Tombstone

John Warwick Smith (English, 1749-1831)
Assisi in the Province of Umbria, 1794
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
Plate: 12.4 x 19 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches)
Anonymous gift 72.171.39

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