The Fish Market, Porteo d’Octavia, Rome XIXth century

The fish market, Porteo d’Octavia in Rome. Circa 1860

This table is painted on its original canvas, its old frame is richly carved and gilded.

The Arc of Octave, Roman triumphal arch located on the Palatine, it was built at the end of the 1st century BC. We are in the heart of Rome in these lively alleys which have kept the charm of ancient Rome.

Inscription on the back, R Smith, Robert Smith English painter, born in 1787 died in 1873.