SCHÖNFELD, Johann Heinrich
(b. 1609, Biberach an der Riss, d. 1683, Augsburg)

Roman Capriccio

c. 1635
Oil on canvas, 85 x 90 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

In this architectural "capriccio" the painter depicts the Constantine Arch as a gateway to a drawbridge, which cannot be identified. The watermill and the staffage figures are disproportionately small as compared with the immense arch.