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Luca Carlevaris began his career emulating Northern artists by executing capricci of Mediterranean harbours such as the present one, only later turning his hand to painting topographical views of Venice for Grand Tourists.
As is apparent in many of his early works, Carlevaris fuses an imaginary seaport with elements taken directly from identifiable locations. Here, a pair of Corinthian columns topped by brown leaves recall those of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman Forum. Similarly inspired are the ruins in the right background, which derive from the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
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