# Rome: A View of The Colosseum

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 73 x 98 cm

## Commentary

This painting shows a partial view of the Colosseum, the largest surviving building of ancient Rome. The view is taken from the Meta Sudans, the ancient fountain of Titus \(A.D. 79-81\) restored under Domitian \(A.D. 81-96\) which stood in front of the Arch of Constantine until its destruction in 1936. There are several variants of this view with different staffage and background.

## Related artworks

- [A View of Tivoli](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/a-view-of-tivoli-r3c4b9462782763>)
- [Bacino di San Marco \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/bacino-di-san-marco-detail-r75f98f3ee2dcec>)
- [Bacino di San Marco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/bacino-di-san-marco-rda707ade0b6420>)
- [Castel Sant&#39;Angelo from the South](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/castel-santangelo-from-the-south-ra63982f8c275be>)
- [Landscape with the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/landscape-with-the-villa-aldobrandini-at-frascati-rb9eebe6c146955>)
- [Landscape with the Villa Farnese at Caprarola](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/landscape-with-the-villa-farnese-at-caprarola-r6c37f992565423>)
- [Piazza San Marco: Looking South](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/piazza-san-marco-looking-south-r3bd0039bd3d931>)
- [Rome: A View of the Ponte Salario](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/rome-a-view-of-the-ponte-salario-r4d3371f03528e4>)
- [Rome: A View of the Port of Ripa Grande \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/rome-a-view-of-the-port-of-ripa-grande-detail-ra685dd965582c6>)
- [Rome: A View of the Port of Ripa Grande](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/rome-a-view-of-the-port-of-ripa-grande-r449d2db3435f63>)
- [Rome: The Ponte Sisto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wittel-caspar-andriaans-van-r05577800313e7f/rome-the-ponte-sisto-r4e918064ebb408>)
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## Attribution

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