Pietro Sassi

Pietro Sassi (18 July 1834 – 30 December 1905) was an Italian painter who specialized in large scale vedute of Rome and the Roman Campagna.

In 1883 he found great success in Rome where he exhibited three large scale views of ‘La Campaña Romana’, 'Il Temporale in Mare’, and ‘Il Mare del Nord’ in addition to twelve other paintings including Un Bosco di Querce negli Appennini Romani and The Arch of Septimus Severus in the Roman Forum.

At the 1884 Exposition of Turin two of his Roman vedute ‘Un Bosco di Querei Negli Appennini Romani’ and ‘L’Arco di Settimio Severo del Foro Romano’garnered great praise, and at the Venice National Artistic Exhibition in 1887 another three of his paintings Uva Fresca, Uva Appassita and Una Foresta.

The English author and art critic Brian Sewell was an admirer of Pietro Sassi and his 1889 painting ‘The Arch of Titus’ formed part of his famous collection.

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