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Rome - Oil Paint - 19th Century

19th Century

Via di San Leonardo, Florence (Italy) is an oil painting on pressed cardboard realized at the beginning of the 20th Century. Good condition (light color degradation). Frame included.

Rome with St Peter is an oil paint on canvas realized by a follower of Gaspar Van Wittel in 19th century. The artwork depicts a view of St. Peter in Rome. ...

Rome - Vincenzo Montella Italia 2009 - Oil on canvas cm. 40x50. In this precious oil painting Vincenzo Montella is inspired by the views of the Dutch neutralized Italian painter Gaspar Adriaensz van Wittel, known as Casper, and known in Italy as Gaspare Vanvitelli. In particular this is a reinterpretation of the painting "View of the Tiber with Castel Sant'Angelo and San Pietro in the background" by Vanvitelli. Taken from the left bank of the river, the view has its focal point in the circular mass of Castel Sant’Angelo, the pontifical fortress built on the central core of Hadrian's mausoleum and enriched with ramparts and patrol paths overlooking the water. In the background of the view, the Vatican basilica with the papal palaces responds to the vestiges of imperial power, while in the center the Sant'Angelo bridge, adorned with statues painted between 1669 and 1671 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his pupils, connects the two banks replacing the ancient Aelius bridge built by Hadrian. No less interesting is the minor urban fabric...

This superb 17th century French Old Master oil painting is attributed to Jean Francois Millet. Painted circa 1670 it is a classical landscape with figures by a bend in a river in the...