AN ARCHITECTURAL CAPRICCIO OF ROMAN RUINS. OIL ON CANVAS. ATT TO GINER, VICENTE (CA. 1636-1681).
Antiques - Paintings
Reference: ZF0795
Landscape with Classical Ruins. Oil on canvas. Attributed to Giner, Vicente (ca. 1636–1681). Relining. A landscape with rocks and buildings in the background, featuring, in the foreground, buildings with a distinctly classicist feel, accompanied by two female sculptures on pedestals. At the foot of this building, a group of people, dressed in classical attire (women, children, and a soldier with a spear), are situated. Vicente Giner, a canon and artist originally from Castellón, is documented working in Rome during the last quarter of the 17th century (until his death there in 1681). He is documented there, along with others, petitioning Charles II to establish an Academy of Spanish artists in the city. Experts consider him a collaborator and distinguished follower of Viviano Codazzi (in whose studio he worked in the 1670s, possibly having come from that of Cornelius de Wael). He painted perspective views of classicist temples and palaces, usually accompanied by representations of popular themes, in which the figures (small in number) are merely anecdotal elements compared to these architectural elements. Several of his works are held in private collections and institutions, such as the Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia, the Bank of Spain Collection (Madrid), and the National Trust (Scotland), among others.
· Size: 76x3x91 cms. int 71x87 cms.
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