View of the Gardens of Villa Medici

Michel-Martin Drolling, 1811 - 1816

Drölling won the French Prix de Rome in 1810 and went to Rome the next year. He lived in the Villa Medici, which housed the French academy, where many Dutch artists also took drawing lessons. This view of the manor’s grand gardens, with the Villa Borghese in the distance, can still be seen today. Only the aqueduct was destroyed in 1843.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-5001
  • Dimensionsheight 48.4 cm x width 61.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    View of the Gardens of Villa Medici

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-5001

  • Description

    Gezicht op de tuinen van de Villa Medici te Rome (de Franse Academie), met in de verte de Villa Borghese en het in 1843 vernietigde Acqua Felice aquaduct.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • title: ‘Michel Martin Drolling 1786-1851 Le jardin de la villa de Medici’
    • number: ‘5562’
    • name: ‘COROT.... Droling, 435.. , Y. M. d... Conte...’
    • label: ‘Dickinson, London’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Michel-Martin Drolling, Rome

  • Dating

    1811 - 1816

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 48.4 cm x width 61.5 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2008

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Inv.; …; anonymous sale [section 'l’Ancienne Collection Joanny Benoît Peytel' (1844-1929, Paris)], Paris (Christie’s), 22 June 2006, no. 67, € 258,400;{According to the online catalogue.} purchased from the dealer Simon C. Dickinson by the museum, 2008

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

    • Correspondentie tussen vader (Martin) en zoon (Michel Martin) Drölling, aanwezig in het Department des Arts graphiques in Musée du Louvre (L1 t/m L68)
    • Documentatiemap SK
    • F. Monod, L’Exposition centennale de l’art Français organisée a Saint-Pétersbourg, Gazette des Beaux-Arts (1912), nr. 1, p. 309 (vermeld als Corot)

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