MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

The works not belonging to private collections are exhibited in the following Museums:

MUSEUM OF ROME IN TRASTEVERE (Piazza di S.Egidio 1/b – Rome)

119 Watercolors of “Vanished Rome” collection owned by the City of Rome. Initially they were 120, but 1 watercolor was stolen in 1966 in Cologne (Germany) during an exhibition. In “Vanished Rome” section you can find more info about this matter.

MUSEUM OF ROME (Palazzo Braschi, Piazza Navona 2 – Rome)

4 Watercolors owned by the Municipality of Rome titled: “Cove of the coast with characters” (24.4×35 cm),“Ancient gate of Frascati” (18.6×8.3 cm) 1878, – MR 6340, Torre medievale trasformata in casale (28,1×20,4 cm) 1892 – GS 2019 e Rive del Tevere all’altezza di Campo Marzio (28,1×20,4 cm) 1892  – GS 2036.

They are also visible in Other watercolors section of this site.

CENTRAL MUSEUM OF RISORGIMENTO (Complesso del Vittoriano, P.za Venezia – Rome)

1 Watercolor (63.5×92.5) depicting King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy in his first visit to Rome on 31 December 1870, while the city was flooded by the Tiber. The watercolor is visible by clicking here.

It depicts the passage of the King Victor Emmanuel II in the carriage as he crosses via del Corso towards piazza del Popolo, around piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina, completely flooded (note the boat on the right). It was the 1st official visit to Rome by the King, 100 days after the seizure of Porta Pia.

This watercolor, however, was executed by Ettore Roesler Franz only 13 years later, in 1883, as last preparatory sketch for a painting no longer completed. Ettore was a witness of the scene portrayed, because on 23 December 1870 he was appointed second lieutenant of the National Guard and was present at the passage of the King in the carriage.

It’s a of particularly important picture for the whole work of “Vanished Rome” because it was on that occasion that the King decided the construction of embankments on the Tiber River to prevent further flooding in the capital and, shortly after, works of demolition along the banks of the river started.

Here you will find the detailed story of that historical period.

This watercolor was exhibited in Turin in 1884 at the Esposizione Generale Italiana, the history section of the Italian Risorgimento, and then in Rome in 1932 at the Istituto di Studi Romani “View of Rome in the nineteenth century” and, most recently, in the exhibition at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere in 2007, for the 1st Centenary of Ettore Roesler Franz’s death.

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON (Avenue of the Arts – 465 Huntington Avenue – 02115 Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1 Watercolor named “Cypresses of Villa d’Este, Tivoli”.

SOUTHAMPTON CITY ART GALLERY (Civic Centre, Commercial Rd, Southampton SO14 7LY, UK)

2 Watercolors entitled “Riverside in Rome“ (54.3 x 75.7 cm) and “In the Garden, Villa d’Este” (44.5 x 77.5 cm), 1893.

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WEST (Art Gallery Rd, The Domain 2000, Sydney, Australia)

1 Watercolor titled “Begins the day by flattery” (73.4×31.7 cm, signed on the left).

COLCHESTER & IPSWICH MUSEUM (High Street, Ipswich, IP1 3QH)

1 Oil named “Venetian Scene” (40×29 cm), 1888.

THE COURTAULD INSTITUTE OF ART (Somerset house strand London WC2R 0RN)

1 Watercolor named“Torre della Scimmia” con palazzo Scapucci (54×36 cm), 1893.