Roman Capriccio: The Colosseum and Other Monuments

Roman Capriccio: The Colosseum and Other Monuments
Roman Capriccio: The Colosseum and Other Monuments
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Artist
nationality
Italian
birth-death
1691-1765
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
38 3/4 x 52 1/2 in.
Currently On View
Location
Jane H. Fortune Gallery
Credit line
Gift of Lila Allison Lilly in memory of her husband, Josiah Kirby Lilly
Accession number
50.6
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Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.
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Views of Rome were in tremendous demand from classically educated foreign visitors who sought souvenirs of the most admired monuments of antiquity. By the mid-1730s Panini had built up a considerable English clientele, including the Duke of Norfolk, the former owner of this pair of paintings. 

Such works often complemented collections of casts and copies after the Antique. Indeed, this capriccio, or imaginary view, includes two of the most famous statues of classical antiquity: the Dying Gaul and the Borghese Warrior. Also depicted are the Colosseum, the Column of Trajan, and the Arch of Septimius Severus.

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