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View of the Colosseum
(Baroque Europe )
This view of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine is a somewhat fanciful reconstruction showing each monument from its best side. Fallen walls of the Colosseum have been tidied up, and several other works of antiquity have been introduced into the landscapes, such as the famous Borghese vase (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris) at the left.
Roman ruins had become popular subjects by the 1700s, in part due to the new interest in archaeology. Panini was a master of these souvenir paintings so favored by wealthy English visitors on their Grand Tour of Europe; this painting and its companion, View of the Roman Forum, were originally in a private British collection.
For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 411, pp. 522-523.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Tyrwhitt-Drake, Shardeloes, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Agnew, London [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; David Koetser, London and New York [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1954, by purchase.
Exhibitions
| 1993 | A Renaissance Puzzle: Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1963 | The City: Images of Rome. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton. |
| 1960-1961 | The Ruins of Rome. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 12/19/1977 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 32 5/16 x W: 52 7/16 in. (82 x 133.2 cm); Stretcher H: 32 5/16 x W: 53 1/16 in. (82 x 134.8 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1954
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2367
