CLÉRISSEAU, Charles Louis
(b. 1721, Paris, 1820, Auteuil)

Ruins Room of Padre Le Sueur

1765-66
Fresco
Convento di Minimi a Trinità de' Monti, Rome

The "room in ruins" was a type of room which delighted the Baroque society fond of surprises. In it the supposed ruin is either a structure from antiquity or one from centuries past. Clérisseau's creation is a late example of the type.