Roma - Itália
The Walters Art Museum Estados Unidos
OST - 82x134 - 1747
In creating this historical portrayal of the Roman Forum,
Panini, the most celebrated Roman landscape painter of his time, eliminated
some modern buildings in order not to obstruct his vista, which stretches from
the Arch of Septimius Severus to the Column of the Temple of Saturn. Apparently
in order to maximize interest, he also added monuments from miles away. The
companion View of the Colosseum is handled in much the same way. The ancient
structures are given new life by Rome's inhabitants--strolling gentlemen
contemplating the antiquities, perhaps the tourists who will purchase such
paintings as this, and gypsies and peasants who simply make the ruins their
home.
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