A View in San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Rome

Museum record 213428: A View in San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Rome by Gustav Friedrich Hetsch. A verified entry point for discovery.

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Hetsch was an influential Danish-German architect and teacher, known for the meticulous technique and the Romantic classicism of his drawings. In 1812 he went to Rome and in 1815 to Copenhagen. This sheet is interesting for its coded commentary: the processing clerics and the women kneeling in prayer before a reliquary altar model religious devotion, but the presence of two beggars on the steps of the church poignantly underscores more earthly concerns. MyArtTaste includes museum record 213428 as a recog…