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Port of Ostia in Calm Weather
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Port of Ostia in Calm Weather

Artist/Maker (Italy, 1680-1750)
Date1740s
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsSight: 50 x 69 7/8 in. (127 x 177.5 cm)
Framed: 58 5/8 x 78 5/8 x 3 in. (148.9 x 199.7 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Terms
    Object number61.029.000
    DescriptionOne of a pair of paintings in the Lowe’s collection, Coccorante’s seaside view framed by crumbling, classical arches and columns is a typical example of landscapes that were known as vedute ideate, imaginary views of believable sites, featuring fantastic ruins, rocky coastlines, and vast expanses of water. In this particular case, Coccorante composed two contrasting scenes of the calm and stormy seas which respectively convey a sense of Nature’s grandeur as well as its destructive power. The small figures who carry on their daily lives in the foreground, probably painted by other artists, appear insubstantial against the backdrop of these powerful settings.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Port of Ostia During a Tempest
    Leonardo Carlo Coccorante
    1740s
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Seacoast View with a Shipwreck
    Alessandro Magnasco
    after 1735
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    January Snow
    Wilmont Emerton Heitland
    ca. 1920
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Wangchuan Villa
    Zhang Jishu
    1676
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Landscape
    Shen Shoushang
    Spring 1809
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Friends in Rough Weather
    James Clarke Hook
    1877
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Showery Weather
    Peter Moran
    ca. 1885
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Love Letter When Calm Called
    Jim Amaral
    1972
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Love Letter When Calm Called
    Jim Amaral
    1972
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Landscape
    Milton Avery
    1943
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    New York Pressing Machinery Corp.
    Richard Estes
    1979
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    In Light of Certain Things
    Debbie Rose Myers
    1997
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