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The Colosseum

painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal
VisualArtwork painting Q41255148
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Summary

The Colosseum is a painting[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Canaletto[3]
  • Genre: Veduta[4]
  • Depicts: Colosseum[5]
  • Made from material: oil paint[6], canvas[7]
  • Collection: Galleria Borghese[8]
  • Inventory number: 540[9]
  • Location: Galleria Borghese[10]
  • Commons category: Colosseum attributed to Canaletto (Galleria Borghese)[11]
  • Catalog code: 388[12]
  • Inception: 1743[13]
  • Significant event: acquisition[14]
  • Described at URL: https://www.collezionegalleriaborghese.it/opere/colosseo[15]
  • Title: Colosseo[16]
  • Pendant of: The Basilica of Maxentius and the Church of Santa Francesca Romana[17]
  • Copyright status: public domain[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . collezionegalleriaborghese.it. collezionegalleriaborghese.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . collezionegalleriaborghese.it. collezionegalleriaborghese.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . collezionegalleriaborghese.it. collezionegalleriaborghese.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . collezionegalleriaborghese.it. collezionegalleriaborghese.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . collezionegalleriaborghese.it. collezionegalleriaborghese.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . collezionegalleriaborghese.it. collezionegalleriaborghese.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 388
    Image → Colosseum, attributed to Canaletto, 1742-1745, oil on canvas
    Creator → Canaletto
    Pendant of → The Basilica of Maxentius and the Church of Santa Francesca Romana
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Commons category: Colosseum attributed to Canaletto (Galleria Borghese), Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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