The Lake of Albano

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Wright was the first truly talented British painter to make a successful career by choice outside London. Most of his pictures were either of, or for, the growing middle classes prospering from the Industrial Revolution. His visit to Italy in 1773–1775 provided sufficient material for him to paint views of Italy for the rest of his life. The lake of Albano and its surrounding countryside were much admired by British tourists visiting Italy in the eighteenth century. The relaxed figures in the foreground imbue the grand sweep of the lake with an air of contentment.
Title

The Lake of Albano

Date

1790

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 101.9 x W 126.4 cm

Accession number

NMW A 109

Acquisition method

gift from Frederick John Nettlefold, 1946

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Stretcher: Loan Exhibition of Pictures from the Natioanl Museum of Wales, Agnew's Galleries, London 1956 Artist: Thomas Jones Title: Lake Nemi Museum cat no: 620 No.in exhibition: 3 Signed and dated: (lower left in brown paint) J. Wright p in 1760 [?]

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