Lake Nemi and Genzano from the Terrace of the Capuchin Monastery

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Artist: Richard Wilson (British, Penegoes, Wales 1712/13–1782 Denbighshire, Wales)
Date: ca. 1756–57
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 7/8 x 21 1/8 in. (42.9 x 53.7 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Gift of George A. Hearn, 1905
Accession no.: 05.32.3

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Richard Wilson
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003916
'Il Mascherone,' a Rocaille Fountain on the Grounds of the Villa Borghese
Richard Wilson
c. 1754 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003917
Banks of the River Dee near Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Richard Wilson
c. 1759 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003918
View of Saint Peter's from the Palace of the Caesars, with Circus Maximus Below
Richard Wilson
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003919

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.