Rome: The Forum in 1864
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About the work
- Location
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Country: Italy
City: Rome
Place: British Embassy
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About the artist
Salomon Corrodi was born in Fehraltorf, Switzerland. He was the tenth child of a minister. In his teens he gained an apprenticeship with the landscape painter Johann Jakob Wetzel (1781-1834). In 1832, aged 22, Corrodi travelled to Rome to join the considerable community of artists from across Europe, living and working in the city. He settled in Rome permanently and became well-known for his landscape views, particularly those of Rome, Venice and Florence. Corrodi achieved considerable success during his lifetime, gaining the patronage of both Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and the British Royal family. He died in Como, northern Italy, on route to his native Switzerland at the age of 82.
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Explore
- Places
- Italy, Rome: the Forum, Rome
- Subjects
- goatherd, theatre, topography, townscape/cityscape, goat, Italian, man, clergyman, archaeological site, house, ruin, archway, column, tower
- Materials & Techniques
- paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)
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Details
- Title
- Rome: The Forum in 1864
- Date
- 1864
- Medium
- Watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- height: 49.50 cm, width: 72.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Presented by Sir John Guthrie Ward, GCMG, October 1982
- Inscription
- Sd&Ins Br
- Provenance
- Sir John Guthrie Ward, GCMG
- GAC number
- 16109