Ruins of an Ancient City
c. 1810–20
- Medium
- oil on paper, mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- 95.6 × 118.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-109569
The painting depicts an imagined scene of a ruined ancient city bathed in the nostalgic glow of twilight. The artist's detailed, almost archeological, interest in these Greek or Roman buildings is characteristic of neoclassicism, although the composition—which plunges suddenly from the foreground into a deep valley—and dramatic lighting are typical of Romantic painting.
Provenance
Marlatt Fund, 1981.13
Registry history
- c. 1810–20 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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