A capriccio with figures amongst ruins

细节

Johan Anton Richter (Stockholm 1665-1745 Venice)
A capriccio with figures amongst ruins
oil on canvas
57 x 57 in. (144.8 x 144.8 cm.)

来源

Florence Vanderbilt, Mrs. Hamilton Twombly (1854-1952) at Florham Park, New Jersey or 684 5th Avenue and by descent to the present owner.

拍品专文

Romantic visions of Roman ruins - more often invented capricci than topographically accurate views - appealed to Venetian view painters as a diversion from their usual vedute. There are numerous examples by painters such as Canaletto, Bellotto and Guardi, and even Carlevarijs is known to have worked in this genre on occasion. This is, however, a unique example within Richter's own oeuvre.