View of Montecavallo
Author:
Gaspar Van Wittel (Amersfoort 1653 - Rome 1736)
Type:
Watercolour
Year:
1682
Material and technique:
tempera on parchment
Size:
cm 26 x 47
Origin:
Sacchetti Collection
Inventory:
Inv. PC 78
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The Cini Gallery houses a valuable porcelain collection donated to the Capitoline Museums by Count Francesco Cini in 1881, and increased over time with other donations of European and Oriental porcelain. The hall hosts also European paintings of the XVI-XVIII centuries and the series of Antwerp tapestries representing the storiy of Semiramis.