Coastal landscape and ships under repair, painter active in Rome at the end of the 17th century
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Painter active in Rome at the end of the 17th century Coastal landscape and ships under repair Oil on canvas, 113 x 143 cm - frame 125 x 159 This fantasy coastal view can be attributed to a foreign painter active in Italy between the 17th and 18th centuries . The Italianizing taste, in our case deduced from the models of Agostino Tassi and especially from the examples of Gaspare Vanvitelli, finds precise confirmation: it is enough to mention the different views conceived by the latter, to grasp the analogies of taste and image cut. The quick and cursive brushstroke is only superficially summary but betrays on a more in-depth observation, an admirable attention to detail as can be seen by analyzing the