# Rome: View of St Peter's and the Vatican Seen from Prati Di Castello [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 46 x 76 cm ## Commentary This picture is taken from the point of view of a traveller approaching the Eternal City through the area of meadows to the north-east, known as the Prati di Castello. The viewer is heading south-west along the old road leading to the Porta Angelica, which can be clearly seen on the left of the composition. Beyond the Porta Angelica can be seen the obelisk in the centre of the Piazza San Pietro, and to its right can be glimpsed the statues which adorn the top of Bernini's famous colonnade. ## Related artworks - [A View of Tivoli]() - [Bacino di San Marco \(detail\)]() - [Bacino di San Marco]() - [Castel Sant'Angelo from the South]() - [Landscape with the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati]() - [Landscape with the Villa Farnese at Caprarola]() - [Piazza San Marco: Looking South]() - [Rome: A View of The Colosseum]() - [Rome: A View of the Ponte Salario]() - [Rome: A View of the Port of Ripa Grande \(detail\)]() - [Rome: A View of the Port of Ripa Grande]() - [Rome: The Ponte Sisto]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()