Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-nathaniel-dance-holland-136" aria-label="More by Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland</a>
James Grant John Mytton Thomas Robinson and Thomas Wynn in front Colosseum in Rome
Lent from a private collection 2009
<p>This painting shows four friends during their Grand Tour, the journey made by wealthy young gentlemen to Italy in search of antique and modern culture that was popular in the late-18th century. The Colosseum, urn and drawing of Palladian architecture allude to the friends’ classical learning and experience. Dance-Holland studied and worked in Italy from 1754 to 1766. As well as painting on classical subjects, he produced portraits of British tourists passing through Rome. The artist was commissioned to produce four versions of this painting, one for each sitter.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
31 January 2012 – 12 August 2012
2012-08-12
31 January 2012 – 12 August 2012
2012-08-12
2012-01-31
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-01-31
Migrations
Exhibition
16 November 2012 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
16 November 2012
2012-11-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-16
Gallery 16
Collection based display
James Grant, John Mytton, Thomas Robinson and Thomas Wynn in front of the Colosseum in Rome
unconfirmed: 981 × 1239 mm
Lent from a private collection 2009
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<p>This painting shows four friends during their Grand Tour, the journey made by wealthy young gentlemen to Italy in search of antique and modern culture that was popular in the late-18th century. The Colosseum, urn and drawing of Palladian architecture allude to the friends’ classical learning and experience. Dance-Holland studied and worked in Italy from 1754 to 1766. As well as painting on classical subjects, he produced portraits of British tourists passing through Rome. The artist was commissioned to produce four versions of this painting, one for each sitter.</p>
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