View of Rome with Piazza Navona, Giacomo Van Lint (Rome 1723 – 1790) Attributed

Giovanni Giacomo Van Lint (Rome 1723 – 1790) Attributed

View of Rome with Piazza Navona flooded

Oil on canvas (50 x 62 cm – framed 61 x 74 cm.)

The work belongs to a series of three paintings, together with the views of the Trevi Fountain (link) and San Giovanni in Laterano (link)

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The splendid view of Rome presented here, depicting the famous flooded Piazza Navona, is of excellent quality and is attributed to the Roman view painter Giovanni Giacomo Van Lint (Rome 1723 – 1790).

This is a very interesting historical document, immortalizing one of the now disused summer traditions that shaped the history of the Eternal City, namely the so-called "lake" in Piazza Navona. Since 1652, by order of Pope Innocent X, every Saturday and Sunday in August the square, thanks to its concave bottom, was flooded, creating a large pool to cool nobles and commoners during the summer heat.

The view is characterised by its luminous chromatic tone, with the brightness of the sun tending to fade, instilling a delicate sense of chromatic calm, a stylistic aspect typical of the mature phase of our painter, who achieved a solid reputation as a view painter by depicting the city of Rome with topographical precision.

The painting, in particular, is a derivation of an engraving by the famous Giuseppe Vasi (Corleone 1710 – Rome 1782), taken from the monumental collection entitled ''Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna'', with the most beautiful shots of the Eternal City, which ensured him great fame, thanks above all to the always original and perspectively captivating cut of the compositions and the never predictable choice of subjects.

Giuseppe Vasi, who reveals the fullness of his graphic creativity in this monumental work, became an important point of reference for the view painters active in Rome: it was in fact customary for artists of the time to refer to his prints – as happened in Venice with Visentini's engravings – to create precise iconographies of places.

Views like ours, in particular, were created by Giovanni Giacomo Van Lint to satisfy collectors and refined travellers, especially English, German and French, who visited the city during their “Voyage d'Italie”, eager to possess a 'souvenir' image of Rome in its most relaxed and characteristic dimension.

For this reason he became a much admired painter and was very successful among foreigners visiting Rome, who bought up his small-scale and therefore more easily transportable views and landscapes, so much so that almost all of his paintings are now found in private European collections, particularly in England.

Reference bibliography: A. Busiri Vici, 'Peter, Hendrik, and Giacomo Van Lint. Three 600th- and 700th-Century Antwerp Painters Working in Rome', Bozzi Editore, Rome 1987.

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