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AT-00011128The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli
About the Artwork
A meticulously finished, grand-scale presentation watercolor, this drawing was exhibited in 1859 at the Society of Painters in Water Colours in London. The view was taken from a low vantage point, foregrounding closely observed, moss-covered rocks amid the frothy cascade. Jewel-like, the Temple of Vesta surmounts the imposing cliff, gleaming white against a crisp, blue sky. The majesty of the view is underscored by the presence of nearly imperceptible figures in the far distance hanging linens to dry along the temple wall.
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, at lower left, in dark brown wash: William Callow / 1859; inscribed on backing board (in a modern hand): No. 3 / Temple of Vesta / Tivoli
Provenance
?-2009: Peter and Olive Belton, Leicester 2010: (sale, Christie's, London, July 7, 2010, no. 408) 2010-2011: (Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH) 2011-: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- William Callow (British, 1812–1908)
- Date
- 1859
- Medium
- watercolor with gouache and graphite underdrawing
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 75.1 x 57.8 cm (29 9/16 x 22 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Sundry Purchase Fund
- Accession no.
- 2011.4
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