This canvas represents one of the most iconic and beloved views of the Gulf of Poets: the rocky spur of Porto Venere dominated by the Church of San Pietro.
Caselli approaches the subject with the pictorial maturity that distinguishes him, balancing the architectural and geological structure with a vibrant atmospheric rendering. The composition is masterful: the gaze is captured by the movement of the waves in the foreground, rendered with material brushstrokes in shades of emerald green, turquoise and white of the foam that fringes on the dark rocks.
In the center-left, the Church of San Pietro, with its unmistakable Gothic-Genoese architecture with black and white bands, stands like a sentinel at the tip of the building. Caselli's technique emerges forcefully in the rendering of the rocks and facades of the village houses: the brushstrokes are bold, almost sculpted, giving three-dimensionality and volume to the scene.
In the background, the coast merges with the sky, painted in warm, pink tones on the horizon, suggesting the time of sunset, giving the entire composition a serene and monumental atmosphere at once. The work is a perfect example of the artist's ability to capture the soul and light of his native land.
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SILVER Seller in La-Spezia, Italia
