106. Niccolo' Codazzi (Naples 1642 - 1693) et Theodore Helmbreker (Haarlem 1633-1696 Rome) Capriccio avec la Basilique de Constantin et Maxence, avec figures au fond Niccolo' Codazzi (Naples 1642-1693) and Theodor Helmbreker (Haarlem 1633-1696 Rome) A capriccio view of the Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius, with figures in the foreground oil on canvas 60.9 x 82.4cm (24 x 32 7/16in). Provenance: Private Collection, 1977 (according to L. Salerno) Literature: L. Salerno, I pittori di paesaggio del Seicento a Roma, (Rome, 1977), pp. 866-871, ill. 160.6 (as Theodor Helmbreker); D. Marshall, Viviano and Niccolo Codazzi (Rome, 1993) pp. 344-345, cat. no. NC 6 First published by Salerno in 1977 as Theodor Helmbrecker, the present painting was attributed to Niccolo' Codazzi and Theodor Helmbreker by Marshall in 1993. The two artists collaborated together in Rome, where Helmbrecker arrived in 1654. Whilst Codazzi most probably painted the architecture, the latter executed landscape, except for the foliage on the ruins, which is typical of Codazzi. The architecture is loosely based on two bays of the Basilica of Constantine, the end walls having been opened to reveal an extensive landscape with villas. Marshall dated the architecture of Codazzi to the 1670s, while Helmbrecker may have worked on the figures a little later.