WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van
(b. 1653, Amersfoort, d. 1736, Roma)

Rome: A View of the Ponte Salario

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Oil on panel, 27 x 41 cm
Private collection

The Ponte Salario crosses the Aniene, a tributary of the Tiber, to the north of Rome and was originally built in the first century BCE. The structure seen in the present work was begun in the eighth century and extended in Medieval times before being largely demolished during the Napoleonic invasion of Italy.




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