Rooftops near Sant’Andrea delle Fratte from the Pincio, Rome by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 zurich majestic stillness above a mirror-still

majestic stillness above a mirror-still pond

such as hunting

Schloss Solitude

Burnt Point

it reflects the Dutch Golden Age’s fascination with both the known and the unknown

Rooftops near Sant’Andrea delle Fratte from the Pincio, Rome by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 zurich majestic stillness above a mirror-stillRooftops near SantAndrea delle Fratte from the Pincio, Rome by Frederic Edwin Church presents a quietly luminous view across the terracotta tiled housetops of the Eternal City, looking toward the neighborhood around SantAndrea delle Fratte. Painted in late 1868 or early 1869 during Churchs Roman sojourn, this intimate cityscape trades grand ruins and monuments for the everyday fabric of Rome. Warm orange and brown rooftops step toward a soft, sunlit