Tempera on canvas.
The work refers to the production of Pietro Paltronieri, known as il Mirandolese (native of Mirandola in Emilia Romagna).
In Bologna in the 18th century the taste for landscape painting with ruins spread: there was a large production of canvases in which architectural whims manipulated according to classical styles were inserted into rural or coastal landscapes and visions, to express a very particular decorative sensitivity of theatrical inspiration.
Collaboration between figure painters and set designers was also common practice. Among these is Pietro Paltronieri, known as the Mirandolese, who assumed a sort of dominance over his colleagues.
Paltronieri worked in Bologna, and this work comes from a private collection in Bologna.
It presents a large architectural complex in ruins with a crenellated and turreted palace and, in the foreground, a large loggia over a funerary monument, at the base of which a kneeling figure can be glimpsed. Other figures can be glimpsed in the background, but are not currently visible.
It is well suited to creating a backdrop for a theatrical show or at least a wall decoration in a private environment used for public relations.
The work, already restored and relined in the past, unfortunately currently has several widespread discolourations.
It is presented in an antique frame.
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