© Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight
Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797)
Location: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1782
Materials: oil
Dimensions: 102 x 127 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £12,000)
Vendor: Miss M Ward
Review number: 2918 (1981)
Provenance:
Reputed to have belonged to Wright's friend the Rev. Thomas Gisburne; Barton Blount Estates Co by 1968.
Description:
The idea must date from the artist's trip to Naples in October 1774, when he could have climbed the hill above the city to see the tomb of Virgil. Signed and dated 'I. Wright Pinx./ 1782'.
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