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Source Description
The 17th-century preference for naturalism led to the popularity of scenes of everyday life filled with mundane actions, such as people talking and drinking. Codazzi specialized in painting outdoor settings with villages or ancient ruins but not in painting figures. In this courtyard scene, Micco Spadaro, with whom Codazzi collaborated, painted the figures, as that was his specialty.The cracked plaster of the walls of the inn suggests the passage of time, as does the presence of the majestic, ancient Roman portico on the right.For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 340, p. 464.
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Document identity
localId
10935
label
Courtyard of an Inn with Classical Ruins
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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10935
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drawing
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normalized
title
Courtyard of an Inn with Classical Ruins
description
The 17th-century preference for naturalism led to the popularity of scenes of everyday life filled with mundane actions, such as people talking and drinking. Codazzi specialized in painting outdoor settings with villages or ancient ruins but not in painting figures. In this courtyard scene, Micco Spadaro, with whom Codazzi collaborated, painted the figures, as that was his specialty.The cracked plaster of the walls of the inn suggests the passage of time, as does the presence of the majestic, ancient Roman portico on the right.For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 340, p. 464.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 388, as Charles Vercelli]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca.1621-1647 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
69.5
height
80.7
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 27 3/8 x W: 31 3/4 in. (69.5 x 80.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Monogram on the stone in the foreground
near the bush: V C
med
oil on canvas
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3540
15293
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BAR
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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