Author Archives: Stephan Giannini

I did this painting on a paint-out with Rome’s Sketchcrawl Roma group  at the  Baths of Caracalla (Italian: Terme di Caracalla). It was a great day and the Sketchcrawl Roma group had arranged free admission and a tour for us. They were  second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between AD 212ContinueContinue reading “Terme Caracalla, Roma, 5 x 8 in., Oil.”

This painting is available by clicking here. This painting was done on an outing with some Roman friends to the  wonderful Villa Pamphili park. The Villa Doria Pamphili is a seventeenth century villa with what is today the largest landscaped public park in Rome. It is located  on the Gianicolo (or the Roman Janiculum), justContinueContinue reading “Una Fontana Di Villa Pamphili, Roma, 10 x 8 in.,oil”

These columns are just to the right of the Theatre of Marcellus ( Teatro di Marcello) which  is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. At the theatre, locals and visitors alike were able to watch performances of drama and song. It was completed in 13ContinueContinue reading “Near the Teatro di Marcello, Rome,10 x 8 in. (Sold)”

I did this landscape  painting  while standing on the Corso di Rinacimento (Street  of the Renaissance) during a late afternoon. There was a busy sweet shop next to me, and before I left I bought some pretty dolci for breakfast! One of the proprietors came out and told me that he could smell the lifeContinueContinue reading “Sant’ Andrea Della Valle, Roma, 8 x 5 in., Oil”

Villa dei Quintili, 5 x 8 in.oil The Villa of the Quintilii (Italian: Villa dei Quintili)  is an ancient Roman villa along the Via Appia Antica just outside the traditional boundaries of Rome. It was built by the rich and cultured brothers Quintilius  in the course of the 2nd century. The ruins   are of suchContinueContinue reading “Villa dei Quintili, Roma, 5 x 8 in., oil”