Vincenzo Re, Romantic Scene, 1700s, Oil Painting

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Vincenzo Re (Parma, 1695 - Naples, 1762) The swimming pool of Betzaeta – Architectural Capriccio Oil on canvas, without frame … more Vincenzo Re (Parma, 1695 - Naples, 1762) The swimming pool of Betzaeta – Architectural Capriccio Oil on canvas, without frame cm. 50 x 63, with frame cm. 70 x 92 Expertise by Professor Giancarlo Sestieri Vincenzo Re (1695 - 1762), born in Parma, was an Italian set designer who during his career initially worked as an assistant and then as head set designer at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. The work is an example of typical architectural capriccio. It represents an architectural fantasy that depicts a colonnade located on the shore of a lagoon. In this imaginary place Vincenzo Re set the episode of the Pool of Bethesda, in which Jesus Christ heals a paralytic man in a tub of water in Jerusalem. less