Italienische Schule (XX) - Roman Landscape, Ponte Sisto with view of St. Peter’s Basilica in backround

Signed on the lower right A.Falconi

Size only of the painting cm 22x15

Frame cm 37x30x3

Colourful view of the eternal city of Rome

This bridge was built from 1473 to 1479 on the site of an ancient Roman bridge. It’s named after Pope Sisto IV, who commissioned it, and features four arches and a distinctive hole in the central pylon of the bridge. As Rome’s bridges have long been damaged by occasional flooding, this “oculus” was added to decrease water pressure during floods.