About this artwork
This is one of a series of views made by More around the site of Horace's villa, outside Rome. There is a squared watercolour study for this view in the National Library of Scotland entitled An Enquiry into the Situation and Circumstances of Horace's Sabine Villa. It has been established that the painter Allan Ramsay was supervising archaeological excavations on and around the site of Horace's Villa which he hoped to one day publish with accompanying illustrations. Jacob More was asked to provide detailed drawings of the site and its surroundings, which were to be used as the basis for engraved illustrations in Ramsay’s publication.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Jacob More (1740 - 1793) Scottish
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title:View of Rocca Giovine, near Licenza
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Watercolour over pencil on paper
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measurements:27.50 x 40.30 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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accession number:RSA 355
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gallery:
Jacob More
Jacob More
More initially worked as a painter of stage scenery for the New Theatre in Edinburgh before concentrating on landscape painting. He had trained with Robert Norie and Alexander Nasmyth, combining observation from nature with a strong sense of formal design. His views of the Clyde Falls established...