JOLI, Antonio
(b. ca. 1700, Modena, d. 1777, Napoli)

Rome: View of the Colosseum and The Arch of Constantine

1744-48
Oil on canvas, 122 x 187 cm
Private collection

This scenographic view of the Colosseum was painted by Joli painted during his English sojourn, between 1744 and 1748. He would probably have composed the view from earlier drawings.