Rome: The Forum in 1863

Location

Country: Italy
City: Rome
Place: British Embassy

Salomon Corrodi was born in Fehraltorf, Switzerland. He was the tenth child of a minister. In his teens he gained an apprenticeship with the landscape painter Johann Jakob Wetzel (1781-1834). In 1832, aged 22, Corrodi travelled to Rome to join the considerable community of artists from across Europe, living and working in the city. He settled in Rome permanently and became well-known for his landscape views, particularly those of Rome, Venice and Florence. Corrodi achieved considerable success during his lifetime, gaining the patronage of both Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and the British Royal family. He died in Como, northern Italy, on route to his native Switzerland at the age of 82.

Places

Italy, Rome: the Forum, Rome

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, man, archaeological site, ruin, archway, dome, column

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Salomon Corrodi (1810 - 1892)

Title

Rome: The Forum in 1863

Date

1863

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 44.50 cm, width: 59.00 cm

Acquisition

Presented by Sir John Guthrie Ward, GCMG, October 1982

Inscription

sd&ins br

Provenance

Sir John Guthrie Ward, GCMG

GAC number

16108