View of the Tiber with the Castel Sant'Angelo

Datec. 1742

Object PlaceRome, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe

MediumOil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions58 1/2 × 34 1/2 inches (148.59 × 87.63 cm)

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

Terms

Landscape

Object number40.166

DescriptionCityscape with view of the Tiber River crossed by a bridge, the Castel Sant'Angelo at the right. Boats are on the river in the foreground with people fishing from them, the bridge is in the middleground extending across composition. The castle is in the form of a large, squat turret, with buildings atop it. The dome of Saint Peter's is visible on the horizon at the left.

On View

Not on view

Locations

Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 2, A

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: George Folliot, Chester, England (sale Sotheby's, May 14, 1931, no 58, as Canaletto); Colnaghi's; J. M. Heinmann, New York; Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, Detroit; given to the DIA in 1940.