View of Rome with the Dome of Saint Peter's and the Castel Sant' Angelo

c. 1744

Giuseppe Zocchi

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Giuseppe Zocchi

Artist, Florentine, 1711 - 1767

The image displays a cityscape view with classical architecture. The scene includes a street, buildings, Castel Sant'Angelo, a bridge over a river, and a basilica dome in the distance. The low horizon shows rooftops and structures fading into the background. The style uses pen and ink with a light wash, creating a sepia-toned look. The color palette consists of earthy browns and soft grays. The sky is left mostly blank, adding to the sense of openness.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir Horace Mann; by descent to Mrs. Doris Ray Courtney Herbert, Herbert, South Africa; (her sale, Sotheby's London, 11 July 1979, no. 182). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

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Exhibition History

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 45.

Inscriptions

upper center, graphite (erased): [indecipherable]; verso, upper left, graphite: Ponte a Castel Sant con il Tevere

Wikidata ID

Q64572508

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