At first glance it looks like the perspective is distorted, but I think it’s because the foreground depicts an elevated bluff above the background which is hard to see in the photo, making the combatants seem too large.
It seems cropped at top and bottom, and there is something wrong on the right edge. The camera may have been tilted with respect to the painting and didn’t frame the paining accurately. Just saying.
Admiral_Ballsack on
Thanks for specifying it’s Rome, Italy and not, say, Rome Alabama lol.
Grichnak on
In the heart of the Holy See
In the home of Christianity
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This painting is attributed to Pieter Brueghel the Elder and depicts the [Sack of Rome in 1527](https://i0.wp.com/universalrecord.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/3217C6F2-EBEE-437C-9C72-487CC2CACF51.jpeg?w=1672&ssl=1).
At first glance it looks like the perspective is distorted, but I think it’s because the foreground depicts an elevated bluff above the background which is hard to see in the photo, making the combatants seem too large.
It seems cropped at top and bottom, and there is something wrong on the right edge. The camera may have been tilted with respect to the painting and didn’t frame the paining accurately. Just saying.
Thanks for specifying it’s Rome, Italy and not, say, Rome Alabama lol.
In the heart of the Holy See
In the home of Christianity