Canaletto, 1742 - View of the Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum - fine art print

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Canaletto specialized in vedute, or views, of Venice that he sold to tourists on the Grand Tour in the 1700s. For a brief time in the 1740s, he painted scenes of contemporary life set around the principal monuments of ancient Rome, based either on drawings made during an earlier visit to Rome or on engravings by other artists. Both groups of his views appealed to the traveler as well as the antiquarian.

Seen through the central bay of the Arch of Constantine is the Colosseum, which Canaletto shifted to the left in the interests of compositional design. Figures converse, stroll, or carry out daily chores in the vicinity of these ancient buildings. To the left, a lone man sits on ruins with his back to the viewer, perhaps sketching or writing. Wealthy tourists and their servants laden with goods contrast with the poor Roman natives who have nothing, such as the woman who lies against the Arch or the man with a cane at the right. In this painting, Canaletto seems to remark on the gulf between Rome's ancient glory and the city's current impoverished state.

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View of the Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum is an artpiece made by the painter Canaletto. The artwork can be viewed in in the digital art collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum, which is part of the J. Paul Getty trust and is one of the world's largest arts organizations worldwide. It seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance.. This artpiece, which belongs to the public domain is being supplied with courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum.Moreover, the work of art has the following creditline: . On top of that, alignment is landscape with a ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width. Canaletto was a painter of Italian nationality, whose art style can primarily be classified as Baroque. The artist was born in 1697 and passed away at the age of 71 in 1768.

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