View of Ariccia, Italy

ca. 1758

Not on view

Jonathan Skelton played a pioneering role in the development of British landscape drawing as one of the first artists to depict "Grand Tour" subjects during a residence in Italy. This example of his work shows a site in the countryside near Rome. The artist had arrived in Italy by early 1758 and, a year later, died tragically at the age of twenty-four. Skelton worked in the eighteenth-century tradition of "tinted drawing," first sketching a subject in graphite, then strengthening the lines with pen-and-ink, and finally adding subtle monochromatic watercolor washes. His accomplished draftsmanship and methods, which included sketching out-of-doors, anticipate those of Paul Sandy, who is generally regarded as the father of British watercolor painting. Interestingly, Skelton was largely unknown to modern scholars until a cache of his drawings and letters came to light in 1909.

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Title: View of Ariccia, Italy
Artist: Jonathan Skelton (British, ca. 1735–1759 Rome)
Date: ca. 1758
Medium: Pen and gray ink, brush and gray, brown, and ochre wash over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 13 x 14 3/4 in. (33 x 37.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Mary Oenslager Fund, 2003
Object Number: 2003.103
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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