# Architectural Capriccio

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WITHOOS, Matthias](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/withoos-matthias-re81c7f613c7717>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 98 x 135 cm

## Commentary

This architectural capriccio shows the Forum in Rome, with the Arch of Constantine and the Coliseum in the background. It combines elements of Roman architecture with highly naturalistic depictions of trees and flowers. The foreground section of the canvas, dominated by flowers, could constitute a painting in itself as it appears to stand apart from the rest of the composition.

## Related artworks

- [Landscape with a Graveyard by Night](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/withoos-matthias-re81c7f613c7717/landscape-with-a-graveyard-by-night-r8694b7178982d8>)
- [View of Amersfoort](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/withoos-matthias-re81c7f613c7717/view-of-amersfoort-r36f5292017811d>)
- [Woodland Still-Life with a Mouse, Goldfinch and Salamander](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/withoos-matthias-re81c7f613c7717/woodland-still-life-with-a-mouse-goldfinch-and-salamander-r6d2591d80025cb>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)