Lot 306
  • 306

William Linton

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • William Linton
  • The Temple of Female Fortune with the Acqua Felice
  • signed and dated lower right: WLinton / 1849
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), British Prime Minister, by whom purchased following the Royal Academy exhibition, 1849;
J.W. Barnett, Southbourne;
Private collection, UK, for circa 80 years;
Anonymous sale, London, Bonhams, 10 July 2013, lot 16.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1849, no. 285.

Catalogue Note

The Acqua Felice was completed in 1586 by Pope Sixtus V to supply water to Rome. It was one of the first new aqueducts in early modern Rome, sourced from the springs at Pantano Borghese, off Villa Casilina. The aqueduct runs for 15 miles, terminating at the Fontana dell'Acqua Felice on the Quirinal Hill, standing to one side of the Strada Pia (now Via del Quirnale) forming a piazza.