After G. Vanvitelli, Rome, Italian Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, Framed

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Rome - Ettore Ferrante Italia 2002 - Oil on canvas cm. 45x95
Gold gilded wooden frame available on request

In … Read more Rome - Ettore Ferrante Italia 2002 - Oil on canvas cm. 45x95
Gold gilded wooden frame available on request

In this precious oil painting Ettore Ferrante 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, partly destroyed at the end of the nineteenth century as regards the buildings on the left bank of the Tiber See less