Artista attivo a Roma, XVIII secolo

Watercolour on cardboard

cm. 9x14,5 each. Framed

The sheets bear a pencil inscription on the reverse describing the roman archeological or monumental view.

These nine sheets depict Campo Vaccino, Piazza del Campidoglio, the exterior and interior of the Colosseum, Piazza San Pietro, the ruins of the Castello dell’Acqua Giulia, Trajan’s Column, and the remains of the tablinum and apse of the Domus Aurea. The views are distinguished by their fine execution and precise rendering of Rome’s monuments. The recurring figures of two young men, one dressed in red and the other in blue, may represent Grand Tour travellers, reinforcing the sheets’ function as souvenirs of their stay in the Eternal City.