# Capriccio View of a Mediterranean Port [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARLEVARIS, Luca]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 105 x 176 cm ## Commentary Capriccio View of a Mediterranean Port c. 1714 Oil on canvas, 105 x 176 cm Private collection Luca Carlevaris began his career emulating Northern artists by executing capricci of Mediterranean harbours such as the present one, only later turning his hand to painting topographical views of Venice for Grand Tourists. As is apparent in many of his early works, Carlevaris fuses an imaginary seaport with elements taken directly from identifiable locations. Here, a pair of Corinthian columns topped by brown leaves recall those of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman Forum. Similarly inspired are the ruins in the right background, which derive from the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. ## Related artworks - [A Mediterranean Port Scene]() - [Palazzo Coccina on the Grand Canal]() - [Piazza San Marco with Jugglers]() - [River Landscape with a Capriccio]() - [Santa Maria della Carità]() - [Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco]() - [Seaport]() - [Seascape]() - [The Bridge for the Feast of the Madonna della Salute]() - [The Molo, Looking toward the Doge's Palace]() - [The Molo with the Ducal Palace]() - [The Piazzetta and the Library]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()