Lazio landscape with the Tiber river and a ruined arch

Eighteenth-century Roman landscape painter – Entourage by Paolo Anesi (Rome 1697 – 1773)
River landscape of the Lazio countryside, with the Tiber flowing between some villages and a ruined arch

Second half of the 18th century
oil on canvas, (cm.) 37 x 54, with frame x 55 x 62

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The painting presents characteristics clearly linked to the Roman landscape tradition of the 1697th century and, in particular, to the works of Paolo Anesi (Rome 1773 – XNUMX), one of the artists most appreciated by travelers on the Grand Tour, especially English, as well as being much sought after for enrich the already important Capitoline collections.
His stylistic imprint brilliantly combines the optical clarity of Van Wittel and Lint with the tradition of the ideal landscape made famous by Van Bloemen. In Anesi, however, we perceive a 'romantic' sensitivity, strengthened by a particular attention to luministic values, contiguous to the examples of Venetian landscape painting popularized by Marco Ricci and Francesco Zuccarelli.
The ruins of a Roman arch contribute to identifying the territory in which we find ourselves, evoking the idea of ​​the landscape surrounding the city of Rome, and the course of the Tiber which marks the balanced overlapping of the perspective planes, which can be traversed by eye across the course of the river itself.
The effect has a pleasant scenic impact, not only for the accuracy with which the landscape is described, but also for the skilful harmony of the chromatic and luminous counterpoints.
The scenography, although respectful of reality, betrays through atmospheric values ​​a fantasy capable of transfiguring the view, reproducing the atmospheric sensitivity of the air soaked in light, evoking a delicate Arcadian emotionality.
The painting is in an excellent state of conservation, perfectly restored, accompanied by a pleasant gilded gold leaf frame.

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