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| Title | Capriccio: Interior with Ruins | |
| Collection | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Attributed to Gaspari, Giovanni Paolo (Italian architect and scenographer, 1714-1775) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1740 | |
| Date Latest | about 1760 | |
| Description | This capriccio (imaginary scene) allowed Gaspari to explore his knowledge of, and interest in, various styles of architecture. The depiction of statues set amongst ruins follows the Romantic ideal of neglected buildings that was developing in the eighteenth century. The forms of the statues add interest to the painting while directing the viewer's eye around the scene. The classical forms of the Italian architecture depicted here would have made this painting an attractive souvenir for travellers visiting Italy on the Grand Tour. | |
| Current Accession Number | FA000084 | |
| Subject | interior (classical ruins, statues); buildings and gardens (capriccio) | |
| Measurements | 34.3 x 44.5 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Purchased from the Heim Gallery, London, with funds from C. F. N. Bergh bequest and the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1970. | |
| Publications | Public Catalogue Foundation, Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in East Sussex, London, 2005, ill. p. 85. | |
| Rights Owner | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Bryony Bartlett-Rawlings | |