Works of art
Works of art
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Sala d’attesa
Alberto Sughi
In the bare space of the gloomy waiting room, two people are standing at either side of a seated woman, almost closing her in. The seated woman is emphasized by being lit from behind and by her very light-coloured skirt, which fans out.
20th century AD
Figurative
Painting
Mercato di notte
Alberto Ziveri
The work shows a small crowd gathered round a stand. The salesman, in the foreground, is talking to the shoppers, who form a circle interrupted only in the foreground, as if to emphasize the presence of the salesman, a dark figure standing out against the fully illuminated surface of the stand.
20th century AD
Figurative
Painting
Veduta di Vallerano
Alberto Ziveri
The picture shows a view of a mediaeval town, a typical subject of Roman painting between the two wars, from Trombadori to Francalancia and Ziveri too. The fragment of the town appears in the left-hand part of the painting, starting from a close-up blocked by an enormous buttress.
20th century AD
Landscape
Painting
Seascape with the Death of Ananias and Sapphira
Alessandro Magnasco
The subject of this dramatic painting, often interpreted as depicting the fall of Simon Magus, describes the episode from the Acts of the Apostles in which Ananias and his wife Sapphira are punished with death for defrauding the apostles.
18th century AD
Biblical - Historical - Mythologic
Painting
Coastal View with the Calling of Saint Peter
Alessandro Magnasco
Magnasco sets this episode from the Gospel on the lakeshore, amid imposing ancient ruins. The jagged rocks and almost grotesque appearance of the figures add dramatic impact to the powerful scene. Jesus, his right arm forcefully raised, calls to the Galilean fisherman, who stops what he is doing to hurry towards Christ.
18th century AD
Biblical - Historical - Mythologic
Painting
Architectural Capriccio with monuments of Rome
Alessandro Salucci
On either side of a long piazza, Salucci has placed a series of buildings reminiscent of ancient and modern Rome, bathed in a warm evening light that creates an evocative play of shadows. On the right are the easily recognizable lines of the Pantheon, Palazzo Farnese, the Arch of Septimus Severus, St. Peter’s, the Torre delle Milizie and Castel Sant’Angelo.
17th century AD
Landscape
Painting
Esther Brought to the Palace of Ahasuerus
Alessandro Salucci
The painting was conceived as a pair with Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and depicts the end of the story of Esther narrated in the Old Testament Book of Esther. The Jewish people were persecuted under an edict issued by Haman, the wicked counsellor of the Persian king Ahasuerus.
17th century AD
Biblical - Historical - Mythologic
Painting
Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
Alessandro Salucci
This is the companion painting to Esther Brought to the Palace of Ahasuerus and depicts another famous episode from the Old Testament. While Solomon was busy building the Temple in Jerusalem, the Queen of Sheba became so awed by the king’s fame and wisdom that she embarked on the long journey to pay him visit.
17th century AD
Biblical - Historical - Mythologic
Painting
Paesaggio
Aligi Sassu
The work shows a completely deserted corner of an industrial periphery. A road separates some densely packed buildings from a fragment of another building and a stunted tree, which appears to match the chimney stacks of the factories.
20th century AD
Landscape
Painting
Latium Landscape
Andrea Locatelli
In this wide, light-filled landscape Andrea Locatelli depicts in the foreground a mixed group of figures gathered along a dirt track; they are shepherds driving their flocks home. On the left, a fisherman leaves the shore carrying a rod over his shoulder, while in the background the buildings of a town are visible.
18th century AD
Landscape
Painting