View of Villa Ruffinella in Frascati

64,5 x 85 cm

Oil on canvas

Sulla base di studi eseguiti dal vero, il pittore francese ha immaginato una veduta ideale, ispirata a una delle ville più celebri di Frascati. Si tratta della Villa Ruffinella, nota anche come Villa Tuscolana, ceduta dal papa Pio VII nel 1804 a Luciano Bonaparte.

Based on studies carried out from life, the French painter imagined an ideal view, inspired by one of the most famous villas in Frascati. This is Villa Ruffinella, also known as Villa Tuscolana, which was ceded by Pope Pius VII in 1804 to Luciano Bonaparte.

Chauvin tackled the same subject in two other similar views, one privately owned and another at the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen, which served as a comparison for Valter Curzi, who recently studied the painting of Palazzo Butera, proposing a new interpretation.