View in the Roman Forum
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “View in the Roman Forum” now? Minneapolis Institute of Art, G310, Minneapolis. Yes, on view now. Checked October 12, 2026.
Minneapolis, United States
Closed· opens tomorrow at 10:00 AM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
This realistic landscape is actually an architectural fantasy, or capriccio, created by Viviano Codazzi. It includes real ruins in the background, like the half-buried Arch of Septimius Severus and the Palazzo Senatorio in Rome. But the large ruin dominating the left foreground, with its row of Corinthian columns, is pure fiction. The painting was designed to lend a sense of grandeur to these architectural ruins, creating a setting more theatrical than pastoral. To make the scene more believable, Codazzi wanted to add figures, called staffage. But he was untrained in figure painting, so he hired another artist, Michelangelo Cerquozzi, to complete the work.
Conservation of this picture's frame was made possible by a generous contribution from Al and Dena Naylor through the Art Champions program.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 66.6
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
