View of the Temple of Minerva, Roman painter of the 18th - 19th century

Painter active in Rome in the 18th-19th century View of the Temple of Minerva Medica Oil on canvas, 65 x 78 cm – with frame 71.5 x 85 cm The painting bears a traditional attribution to François Marius Granet (Aix-en-Provence, 1775 - 1849). The painter was a pupil of David but from 1802 to 1819 he lived in Rome, as evidenced by a series of paintings depicting views of the city and especially the Roman countryside (Ponte San Rocco in Tivoli, 1810-20, MoMA, New York), and then returned there between 1825 and 1830. In the Eternal City, Granet dedicated himself to landscape painting, inspired by the landscapes of Gaspard Dughet and Van Lint, expressing a neoclassical sensibility but nevertheless imbued with a romantic vein, capable of evoking 'the spirit of places' (cfr. L. Salerno, 'Pittori di vedute in Italia (1580 - 1830)', Rome 1991, p. 425, S.85). The canvas depicts a view of the Temple of Minerva Medica located on the Esquiline Hill, a decagon-shaped construction covered by a dome of 25 meters, but in reality it is the nymphaeum of the 'Horti Liciniani', the large residence with gardens that belonged to the emperor Gallienus in the 3rd century AD. The temple was the subject of numerous paintings, which recall the vestiges of antiquity, such as the engraving by Giovan Battista Piranesi (1756), the painting by Paolo Anesi with the View of the Temple of Minerva Medica (Private Collection, Rome), and finally that of Jean Baptiste Pillement, preserved at the Warsaw Museum. With Ars Antiqua it is possible to defer all amounts up to € 5,000 at ZERO RATE, for a total of 12 INSTALLMENTS. Ex. Tot. € 4,500 = Monthly installment € 375 for 12 months. Ex. Tot. € 3,600 = Monthly installment € 720 for 5 months. For amounts exceeding € 5,000 or for a longer deferral (over 12 installments), we can provide a customized payment. Contact us directly for the best quote. TV LIVE – SUNDAY 17.00 – 21.00 Dig.terr. 126 – Sky 861 - 937 – Streaming on our website www.arsantiquasrl.com and on our social networks Facebook and Youtube