Richard Wilson R.A. (1713/14 - 1782)/The Hermitage, A View of the Villa Madama Near Rome/indistinctly inscribed by Oldfield Bowles on a label attached to the stretcher/oil on canvas, 63.5cm x 75.5cm/Provenance: Probably painted for Paul Panton (1727-97), Plas Gwyn, Pentraeth, Anglesey; thence by descent to the present owners/Literature:W G Constable, Richard Wilson, London 1953, p203, possibly version 6 listed under plate 82a; included in 'Richard Wilson Online', the online catalogue raisonn?© of the works of Richard Wilson by Paul Spencer-Longhurst, ref no P91E/Note: The Villa Madama, so called on account of its occupation in the sixteenth century by Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Parma, was designed by Raphael for Cardinal Giuliano dei Medici. The label attached to the stretcher is signed by Oldfield Bowles (1739 - 1810) a pupil of Thomas Jones and a celebrated collector. It is possibly written to Paul Panton who had asked him to examine the picture. Bowles owned a version of this composition which he sold to Samuel Rogers for 100 guineas and which was admired by Farington