Baroque Capriccio with Ruins and Figures, Early 18th Century Italian oil on canvas painting, circle of Alessandro Magnasco, il Lissandrino, in good age related condition. The composition of the work focuses mainly on the ruins, observed by the Roman knight observing two beggars sitting on the rubble as to emphasize the decadence of the classical world.
The painting has been lined and reported on a new frame. Has been restored and has some painting additions. It comes from a Lombard private collection, set within a later 19th century French plaster frame.