John Robert Cozens
View of Vietri and Raito, Italy

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Artist John Robert Cozens (British, 1752–1797)British, 1752–1797

CultureBritish

Titles

View of Vietri and Raito, Italy

Datec. 1783

Place depictedVietri sul Mare, Italy

Place depictedRaito, Italy

MediumWatercolor over graphite on cream laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 15 3/4 × 20 1/4 in. (40 × 51.5 cm)
Image: 10 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (26 × 37.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Dr. Dena M. Woodall and Skip Fowler

Object number2017.283

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Prints and Drawings

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The Stuart Collection

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DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceWilliam Beckford (1760–1844); [Christie’s, London, April 10, 1805, lot 55 (described as “a capital drawing”)]; [anonymous sale, Phillips, Son & Neale, London, Fine Watercolours & Drawings, March 23, 1981, lot 102 (as A View of Vietri and Raito)]; [Martyn Gregory, London, by 1981]; purchased by Professor Ian Craft; by descent; Sotheby’s, London, An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection, July 14, 2010, lot 61]; Sotheby’s, London, Old Master and British Drawings Including Property from the Descendants of Walter Brandt, July 7, 2011, lot 325]; Christie’s, London, Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, July 5, 2017, lot 103]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition HistoryIn the Shadow of Vesuvius, Views of Naples from Baroque to Romanticism 1631-1839, London, Academia Italiana della Arti, 1990, 117, illus. 69 (as Evening at Raito with Vietri Beyond) (exh. cat. by Silvia Cassani).
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Watermark: Britannia with lamb and flag

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