Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
View of Villa Aldobrandini to Monte Magnanapoli
Image View:
Detail, left side, the gardens and view of Monte Magnanapoli in distance
Creator:
attributed to Matthias Withoos (Dutch painter, 1627-1703)
Location:
repository: Museo di Roma (Rome, Lazio, Italy) MR 45731
Location Note:
Palazzo Braschi; Piazza di S. Pantaleo, 10
GPS:
41.8973 12.4729
Date:
1660-1665 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Seventeenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
landscape; Gardens; elevated view
Description:
Withoos was a member of the Schildersbent in Rome; he was most noted for his still life paintings. His patrons in Italy included Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici. The view is shown from above so that the entire palace and the gardens can be seen over the wall, but it is compressed and composed from more than one viewpoint. [source: museum label] (Source: Union List of Artist Names [online notes]; http://www.getty.edu /research/conducting _research/vocabulari es/ulan)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-WITHO-MOR-VVA-A0 2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

View of Villa Aldobrandini to Monte Magnanapoli