Canaletto, Ruins of the forums 1742

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Print on handmade paper from Amalfi
Measurement : 29 x 42 cm
Material : work printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with fringed edges
Frame : Light brown in beech wood and handmade wood pulp

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The work

The attractive view of the Forum comes from the same series of paintings as the Arch of Constantine. Like the other three works of the group, it is clearly signed and dated.

The Forum was the seat of the political and religious center of ancient Rome; attempts to excavate it were made throughout the 18th century, and the revealed ruins were constantly revered by visitors to the city. The tourists portrayed here especially scrutinize the remains of the temple of Castor and Pollux which dominates the foreground.

A man, on the right, is so intent on ruin that he appears to ignore the black-robed cleric who is attempting to converse with him. Further back, to the left, between the columns you can see a knife grinder, and higher up, to the right, the Temple of Saturn. Above it stands the Palazzo Senatorio which dominates the Capitoline Hill. These topographic features have been depicted with considerable care, but elsewhere the artist has taken liberties with the subject: some of the houses on the left are invented and their chimneys appear typically Venetian, rather than Roman.

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