6035 - Vetturali, Gaetano - Studio

Vetturali, Gaetano - Studio Studio. View of the Piazza del Campidoglio with the Cordonata in Rome. Oil on canvas. 44 x 75 cm. This striking view of the Piazza del Campidoglio with the monumental Cordonata combines topographical accuracy with a deliberately staged, theatrical sense of space. The clear architectural composition, the precise rendering of the buildings, and the subtly layered animation of the square through staffage figures lend the depiction the character of a classical veduta. The artist behind this work can be identified as belonging to the studio of Gaetano Vetturali, who was born in Lucca. In addition to depicting classical capricci, Vetturali and his collaborators devoted themselves in particular to depicting motifs from Venice and Rome, thereby standing in close proximity to 18th-century Venetian vedutismo. As with the Venetian veduta painters—most notably Canaletto and Bernardo Bellotto—the cityscape in this work is understood not merely as a topographical representation, but as a carefully composed image of urban space. Provenance: Private collection, Vienna. - Please request condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.