View up the Tiber from the Strada di Marmorata

Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli (Amersfoort 1653 – Rome 1736). Oil painting on canvas, View up the Tiber from the Strada di Marmorata by Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli (Amersfoort 1653 – Rome 1736). This is an as yet unpublished version of Vanvitelli’s furthest view down the Tiber – a view since swept away by the building of the Collegio di San Michele in the 18th century, and by the construction of the Lungotevere in the 19th century. Its main features are the old Imperial marble-working yard on the right bank, and the Porto di Ripa Grande, with its two descending ramps, and the building of the Dogana between them on the left. Behind the Marmorata is the Romanesque campanile of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Beyond the Dogana is the Palazzina Pamphilj and its garden. Closing the far distance is the hill of the Campidoglio, with the tall campanile of S. Maria in Aracoeli, the squatter Torre delle Milizie and the dome of SS. Luca e Martina to the right of it. Mompesson House, Wiltshire (Accredited Museum)