View of St. Peter's and the Vatican from the Janiculum, 1754, Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white, Sheet: 11 3/16 × 16 7/8 in. (28.4 × 42.9 cm), Drawings, Richard Wilson (British, Penegoes, Wales 1712/13–1782 Denbighshire, Wales), In 1750, Richard Wilson traveled to Italy, where he hoped to advance his career by winning portrait commissions from young British aristocrats making the Grand Tour, and to widen his knowledge of art by studying ancient works of sculpture and architecture
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View, St, Peter, Vatican, Janiculum, 1754, Black chalk, stumping, heightened, white, Sheet, 11 3/16, 16 7/8, 28.4, 42.9 cm, Drawings, Richard Wilson, British, Penegoes, Wales, 1712/13–1782, Denbighshire, 1750, traveled, Italy, hoped, advance, career, winning portrait, commissions, young British, aristocrats, Grand Tour, widen, knowledge, art, studying ancient, works, sculpture, architecture
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