signature and year.

The artwork is accompanied by the archiving certificate from the Archive of the Roman - Valerio Rivosecchi.

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Rome

"These are paintings in which the artist refines his repertoire - interiors, portraits, still lifes, Roman views - and at the same time studies composition and lighting. Some useful points of comparison, regarding the treatment of color and light, can come from paintings like La Fontana dei Cavalli Marini and Fontana di Trevi, where the transitions between shades tend to soften, yet leaving highlights of 'body' light evident, almost an extreme legacy of the nineteenth-century tradition, which will soon be definitively abandoned. The theme of the arch in perspective is addressed several times during this period, from one of the earliest known paintings depicting the Basilica of Maxentius, to 1924, with the unusual compositions of Ponte Cestio and San Bartolomeo all'Isola, while the atmosphere of the painting, with its silent description of objects, anticipates paintings like La Scala, where, however, the decisive influence of Casorati is felt much more precisely. In these early paintings, Donghi sought a new definition for traditional themes, such as views or interiors, experimenting with original solutions in composition and framing."
Valerio Rivosecchi