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Source Description
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.For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 410, pp. 520-521.
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Document identity
localId
24230
label
View of the Roman Forum
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obj
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drawing
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Source metadata
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24230
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contentType
drawing
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normalized
title
View of the Roman Forum
description
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.For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 410, pp. 520-521.
provenance
Tyrwhitt-Drake, Shardeloes, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Agnew, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; David Koetser, London and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1954, by purchase.
date
1747 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
81.9
height
133.5
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 32 1/4 x W: 52 9/16 in. (81.9 x 133.5 cm); Stretcher H: 32 5/16 x W: 52 15/16 in. (82 x 134.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] Inscribed on the block of stone at the lower left corner: I.P.PANINI ROMAE
1747; [Transcription] On the architrave of the Temple of Saturn near the right edge: SENA[TVS]
INCENDI[O] CO[NSVMPTVM]; [Translation] The Senate destroyed by fire.
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24100
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oil on canvas
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6826
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photo
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