The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 27, 2024
The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli
1859
Location: not on view
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William Callow likely based the view seen in this drawing on sketches made during his first trip to Italy in 1840.Description
A meticulously finished, grand-scale presentation watercolor, this drawing was exhibited in 1859 at the Society of Painters in Water Colours in London. The view was taken from a low vantage point, foregrounding closely observed, moss-covered rocks amid the frothy cascade. Jewel-like, the Temple of Vesta surmounts the imposing cliff, gleaming white against a crisp, blue sky. The majesty of the view is underscored by the presence of nearly imperceptible figures in the far distance hanging linens to dry along the temple wall.- ?-2009Peter and Olive Belton, Leicester2010(sale, Christie's, London, July 7, 2010, no. 408)2010-2011(Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)2011-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- nullCundall, H.M., ed. William Callow, R.W.S., F.R.G.S.: An Autobiography. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Mentioned: p. 154 archive.orgReynolds, Jan. William Callow, R.W.S. London: B.T. Batsford, 1980. Mentioned: p. 213Lemonedes, Heather. British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013. Referenced: pp.104-7, 144, no. 35; Reproduced: p. 105-7Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 162-163
- British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).London Society of Painters in Water-Colours. Royal Academy, London (1859).
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