View of the Ponte Rotto, Rome
Gaspar van Wittel (Amersfoort 1652/3 - Rome 1736)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1685
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
248 x 610 mm (9 3/4 x 24 in)
Place of origin
Rome
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Saltram, Devon
NT 872103
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of the Ponte Rotto, Rome by Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli (Amersfort 1652/3 - Rome 1736), circa 1685. The Ponte Rotto, Rome. Looking towards the Aventine, with figures on the bank in the foreground and in rowing boats. View taken from below Pamphili Gardens.
Provenance
Bought by Edmund Parker, the 2nd Earl of Morley (1810 - 1864) in Rome, 1843 and thence by descent; given to the National Trust by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962) in 1957.
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Gaspar van Wittel (Amersfoort 1652/3 - Rome 1736), artist
Exhibition history
Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, Wildenstein, London, 1982, no.47