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View of Rome from the Aventine hill

Joseph Mallord William Turner • Painting, 1836, 92.7×125.7 cm
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About the artwork
Art form: Painting
Subject and objects: Landscape, Architecture, Urban landscape
Style of art: Romanticism
Technique: Oil
Materials: Canvas
Date of creation: 1836
Size: 92.7×125.7 cm
Artwork in collection: Old masters Anna Denisenko
Artwork in selections: 29 selections

Description of the artwork «View of Rome from the Aventine hill»

"View of Rome from the Aventine hill" refers to the later period, which is considered the peak of his career, William Turner. Most of the works of those years are now included in the collections of the largest museums in the world, and only six works of this importance and quality remains in private collections. In 2014, at Sotheby's landscape was bought for £30.3 million It became the highest price for a work of any British artist, and made Turner one of the three masters compressionists period (along with Rubens and Raphael), whose work was appreciated so much.

Important works of this quality appear on the auction podium is extremely rare. Thus, on 5 July 2017 landscape "Ehrenbreitstein" written at the same time as the "Views of Rome", was sold for £18.5 million




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