Live Auction 7842Old Masters and 19th Century Art
Christie’s roundel
Lot 106

Attributed to Domenico Roberti (Rome 1642-1707)

An architectural capriccio with classical ruins and figures

Closed30 April 2010

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GBP 6,250

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Attributed to Domenico Roberti (Rome 1642-1707)
An architectural capriccio with classical ruins and figures
oil on canvas
25 x 30¼ in. (64.1 x 76.8 cm.)

Specialist note

In a letter to the present owner, dated 26 March 2004, Professor Giancarlo Sestieri proposed an attribution to Domenico Roberti, tentatively dating the picture early in the artist's career, when the influence of the French landscape painters, notably the Patels, is most evident.