Rome from Monte Mario
The story
Rome stretches out at sunset, with the dome of St Peter's rising on the right and a boy playing pipes in the foreground. Turner painted this watercolor after his first trip to Italy in 1819–20, for his friend and patron Walter Fawkes.
- Artist
- J. M. W. Turner
- Year
- 1820
- Period
- Romantic
- Where it lives
- National Galleries of Scotland
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
