31
Dec
11

Quando si dice il destino…

The Kunstpalast Dusseldorf published on its Facebook page today this fabulous painting by Canaletto, “Veduta di Via di Ripetta a Roma”.

It’s incredible. I’ve been crossing this junction in Rome 4 times a day for the past 14 years, going to work and out for the lunch break, and did not know neither that this painting existed, nor that it was in Dusseldorf.

And now I live not far away from the Kunstpalast, and I cross the river in front of the Museum every day going to work. A good thought for 2012 is to go and see this fabulous painting. As the Canaletto paintings at the National Gallery in London kept me good company and reminded me of my dear Adriatic when I used to live in Pimlico-on-Thames in the 90s, this Canaletto will remind me of the golden light of Rome.

Quando si dice il destino…Buon Anno!

Das Bild “Ansicht der Via di Ripetta in Rom” zeigt die Promenade am Tiberufer. Die fotografisch genaue Wiedergabe bis in alle Details faszinierte schon die Zeitgenossen. Papst Clemens XI. hatte den Tiberhafen neu anlegen lassen. Auch heute steht noch auf der nach Norden führenden Straße der Palazzo Borghese mit seiner Loggia (vorne rechts). Wie nannte sich der Maler dieses Bildes und wie hieß der Lehrer dieses Künstlers? Zusatzfrage: In welchem Verhältnis standen die beiden zueinander?

Rom, Via di Ripetta / Gem.v.Canaletto Rom, Via di Ripetta. – Via di Ripetta in Rom’. – (Tiberufer mit Zollhaus, den Kirchen S.Rocco u. S.Girolamo degli Illirici und Palazzo Borghese). Gemaelde, um 1740 von Antonio Canal, genannt Canaletto (1697-1768). Oel auf Leinwand, 87,5 x 150 cm. Duesseldorf, museum kunst palast.

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