Selected images of the Villa Medici in Rome that travel back and forth through time. All great. The villa having been completed in 1544 with gardens dating back to Ancient Rome, it has been the subject of many paintings.

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"View of Rome from Villa Medici." 1712.
“View of Rome from Villa Medici.” 1712. Oil on canvas. Dutch. Caspar (Or Gaspar) van Wittel, artist (1652 or 1653-1736). Collection of the National Museum, Warsaw, Poland. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wittel_View_of_Rome_from_Villa_Medici.jpg
"View of the Villa Medici Rome." Undated.
“View of the Villa Medici Rome.” Undated. French. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, artist (1780-1867). In the public domain due to age. via https://www.oceansbridge.com/shop/styles/renaissance-high/view-of-the-villa-medici-rome
"Fountain at the Villa Medici." 1904. Oil on layered cardboard.
“Fountain at the Villa Medici.” 1904. French. Oil on layered cardboard. © Maurice Denis/Artists Rights Society (ARS). Credit: The Holliday Collection. Image © Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis. Fair use license. via http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/33413/
"View of the Gardens of the Villa Medici in Rome." 1629.
“View of the Gardens of the Villa Medici in Rome.” 1629. Spanish. Oil on canvas. Diego Velázquez, artist (1599-1660). In the public domain due to age. via https://ruthcanodai.wordpress.com/2018/09/23/trabajo-de-semana-17-20-de-septiembre/
View of the Villa Medici, Rome; verso: Sketches of a basin and the capital and base of a column.
View of the Villa Medici, Rome; verso: Sketches of a basin and the capital and base of a column. Drawing. 1807. French. Graphite on white wove paper. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, artist (1780-1867). Collection of the Harvard Museums. Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Fair use license. via https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/296907
"The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome." 1817.
“The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome.” 1817. French. Léon Cogniet, artist (1794-1880). Image © 2019 MCH Group. Fair use license. via https://curiator.com/art/leon-cogniet/the-artist-in-his-room-at-the-villa-medici-rome

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