Salomon Corrodi

Solomon Corrodi View of Rome Watercolor. 23.2 x 30.6 cm. Signed and dated lower left: S. Corrodi. Rome. 1834. Literature On the artist, see Christina Steinhoff: Salomon Corrodi und seine Zeit 1810-1892. Ein Schweizer Künstlerleben im 19. Jahrhundert, Fehraltorf 1992. Salomon Corrodi accompanied his Zurich teacher Johann Jakob Wetzel on his study trips to the northern Italian lakes. Thanks to Wetzel's support, he undertook his first trip to Rome at the age of 22. After his arrival on November 24, 1832, he joined the German artists' colony there around Franz Ludwig Catel, Joseph Anton Koch and Johann Christian Reinhart. Corrodi soon became a sought-after painter of Italian views in his time. His preferred motifs included vedute of Rome and the surroundings of the Eternal City. The present veduta shows the view of Rome from Monte Pincio with the church of Santissima Trinità dei Monti, above the Spanish Steps. The Obelisco Sallustiano stands in front of the church. Due to its location above the Spanish Steps, the church with its double-tower façade is a popular veduta, postcard and photo motif. Corrodi's clients included Tsar Nicholas, Russian aristocrats and the English royal family.